Elizabeth Porter is a National Board Certified French teacher and linguist with a Bachelor’s degree in French and Linguistics, a Master’s degree in Education, and a French degree called a DEUG in French as a Foreign Language (FLE). She is the author of “Pathways to Language Fluency- Changing How We Think About Language in the United States.” She also has a TED Talk called “Language with the Five Senses.” She lived France and the United States and is fully bilingual in both French and English. She has a passion for language and the science behind how the human brain acquires language. Elizabeth attended college in Normandy, France and spent a significant amount of time in Paris while growing up. She taught elementary and middle school English in Normandy, returning to the United States in 2002 to teach French stateside. She is a passionate teacher with nearly 20 years of teaching experience. She enjoys traveling with her children and connecting with people around the world.