Cindy Blanco, PhD

I am an expert in bilingualism and language learning in children and adults. I am especially interested in pronunciation and how learners adjust to accents and dialects in their new language.

At Duolingo, I work as a senior learning scientist in our Learning & Curriculum organization. I collaborate across roles and product teams to develop new ways to teach language through technology. I also work closely with our public relations team to share language-learning insights with our learners and the media.

I earned my MA in Spanish Linguistics from Penn State and my PhD in Linguistics from UT Austin, and I worked as a postdoctoral researcher in cognitive psychology at Northwestern University.