Daisy graduated from Emory University in 2022 with a B.A. in Linguistics and Computer Science. She worked as an RA in the Language Acquisition Lab helping to transcribe and encode Korean heritage speakers, native speakers, and second language learner data. She has also worked to attain data for a Kalvin experiment and Orthography study for the language acquisition lab. She currently attends the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where she is working towards an M.A. in Linguistics.

Changdo graduated from Emory University in 2021 with a B.S. in Biology on the pre-med track. He is passionate about health education and disparities, and he seeks to improve and better understand public health through primary care and research. He is currently taking two gap years before starting medical school, and currently working full-time as a clinical research coordinator at Emory University’s School of Medicine in the Behavioral Immunology Program. He worked in the Heritage Language Project (Korean data). In his free time, Changdo volunteers at Winship Cancer Institute, enjoys cooking, and visits coffee shops.

Jaden graduated from Emory University in 2020 with a B.S. in Engineering Sciences and Linguistics. He worked as an R.A. in the Language Acquisition Lab studying phonetic markers in English speech production. He hopes his research may be able to help with voice recognition programs or with the mimicry of natural human speech. In his free time, Jaden likes to listen to music, spend time outdoors, and cook.

Sophia graduated in 2020 with a B.A. in Linguistics and French Studies. As an R.A. in the Language Acquisition Lab, Sophia completed research on French as a second language acquisition, language testing, and computer-assisted language learning (CALL). She received highest honors for her thesis focused on the current state and the potential CALL in beginner, college-level French programs. Sophia is now pursuing a PhD in Linguistics at University of California, Davis. In her free time, Sophia enjoys hiking, reading, and learning languages.

Rachel graduated from Emory University in 2019 with a B.A. in Psychology and Linguistics. During her time as an R.A. in the Language Acquisition Lab, Rachel helped to design and carry out a study on the perception of morphologically distinct homophones. Rachel is currently pursuing an M.S. in Speech-Language Pathology at Hunter College and hopes to work with school-aged children. In her free time, Rachel enjoys cooking, reading, and jogging.