​Biography

Maris became a GWATFL MAP in 2022. Maris is a lower and middle school Spanish teacher in Washington, DC. She is the co-author of the book, Common Ground: Second Language Acquisition Theory Goes to the Classroom. Maris has presented at various conferences including NECTFL, SCOLT and ACTFL and has facilitated various workshops through national organizations with school districts. She also works on the We Teach Languages podcast team.

Caitlyn Pineault

​Biography

Caitlyn became a GWATFL MAP in 2023. Caitlyn is a doctoral student of Applied Linguistics at Georgetown University. Her research interests include instructed second language acquisition, task-based language teaching, and heritage language education. She is currently the co-lead instructor of the Georgetown-STARTALK teacher training program and the project assistant of the TBLT Task Bank. Prior to beginning the doctoral degree, Caitlyn taught elementary Spanish (Ohio) and high school Spanish (Indiana). She presents regularly at conferences including OFLA, NECTFL, ACTFL, and AAAL. 

Cindy Yi