
The rescheduled CT COLT Annual Conference will be Tuesday, 3/29 - Saturday, 4/2.
Our Presenters!
Maureen Lamb
Maureen Lamb is the Language Department Chair and Academic Technology Coordinator at Kingswood Oxford School in West Hartford, CT. Maureen is dedicated to using best practices and creating community in […]
Alfredo Pérez Berciano
Licenciado en Filología Española y profesor en el colegio Delibes de Salamanca desde el año 2001. Actualmente alterna su labor docente con la de promoción, como director de programas en […]
Miguel Angel Benito Sánchez
Licenciado en Filología Española por la Universidad de Salamanca. Comenzó su labor docente como profesor en Cursos Internacionales en la propia Universidad Pontificia de Salamanca. Director del colegio Delibes desde […]
Lea Graner Kennedy
Lea Graner Kennedy is currently an ACTFL consultant and an educator in Connecticut. She was the 2016 Supervisor of the Year for the National Association of District Supervisors of Foreign […]
Dahmane Soudani
Je suis enseignant à l’Alliance française de Hartford où j’anime des cours thématiques sur divers sujets. En compagnie de mes étudiants, j’ai le plaisir de vivre de belles aventures autour […]
Jimmy Wildman
Jimmy Wildman is a Spanish teacher at Glastonbury High School, where he also serves as the district’s World Language Head Teacher. In addition to his work at school, Jimmy actively […]
Tina Riccio
Southington High School World Language Department Leader 6-12; Southington High School teacher of the year 2021; Certified Italian, Latin, Spanish, & FLES; ECE Italian, Spanish, & Latin American Studies courses; […]
Veronica Egas
Veronica Egas was born in Quito- Ecuador and she has lived in Connecticut for over 19 years. She is a Spanish teacher at Newtown High School and enjoys teaching practical […]
Traci Da Silva
Traci received her BA in French from UNC, Asheville and Master of Teaching from UVA, Charlottesville. She has taught French and English in France, South Korea, Japan, Virginia, and Massachusetts […]
Yensen Lambert
Yensen Sierra Lambert has taught Spanish for 21 years and currently serves as the chair of languages department at Greens Farms Academy in Westport. In addition, Yensen is a table […]
Roger Burt
Roger is passionate about language education, and helping learners achieve their goals. He is a former high school Spanish teacher in Davis School District (Utah), where he served his district […]
Rita A. Oleksak
Rita A. Oleksak is the Director of World Languages/ELL for the Glastonbury Public Schools. She works to promote languages for all through a well articulated and sequential program that helps […]
Marisa Lewis
Marisa Lewis teaches Spanish at Orchard Hill Elementary School in South Windsor, CT. She holds a degree in art and she finds that teaching Spanish at the elementary school is […]
Caitlin Murphy
Caitlin is a graduate of the University of Connecticut’s Neag School of Education and is currently entering her 4th year teaching Spanish at Manchester High School.
Julie Speno
Julie Speno founded the elementary Spanish program in 1998 in her district, where she teaches K-4th grade. Over the course of her 26 year teaching career, she has taught English […]
Dr. Luisa Piemontese
Dr. Luisa Piemontese is Full Professor of Spanish and coordinator of the Spanish program and the Basic Language program in Spanish at Southern CT State University. She is also author […]
Jennifer Cheung
Jennifer has taught Pre–K to AP Spanish language classes for decades. Currently teaching at Sacred Heart Schools, Atherton, CA, Jennifer has integrated picture books into her language programs at each […]
Marisa Vattana
Marisa is a Spanish and Italian teacher currently working at Manchester High School. She teaches levels 1, 2 and 3. It is her ninth year teaching.
Dr. Helena Curtain
Dr. Helena Curtain, co-author of Languages and Learners: Making the Match (Pearson, 2016), has a wealth of experience in second language teaching methodology, curriculum development and dual language programs. Her […]
Jill Griswold
Jill Griswold is an 8th Grade Spanish teacher at Smith Middle School in Glastonbury, CT. She serves as the Corresponding Secretary for the COLT Board of Directors and is an […]
Karen Murano
Karen is a 27 year veteran teacher of Italian and Spanish with experience teaching grades K-12. She believes that by growing her students curiosity and confidence they will experience and […]
Trudy Anderson
Trudy Anderson is a veteran Spanish teacher for the New Haven Public Schools. She has been a presenter at the CT COLT, NNELL, NECTFL and NFLC conferences. Trudy enjoys introducing […]
Natalie Ardagna
Natalie Ardagna has been a High School Spanish instructor for 17 years in both private and public-school education and is currently teaching at North Hollywood High School in Los Angeles, […]
Gretchen Mancuso
Gretchen is a French teacher at Weston Middle School. She received her B.A. in French at Colgate University and her M.A. in Secondary Education from Fairfield University. Gretchen is particularly […]
Mara Malafronte
Mara Malafronte has over 16 years of Spanish teaching experience at the elementary and secondary levels. She is passionate about empowering her students while promoting proficiency and empathy in the […]
Christi Moraga
Christi Moraga is a retired French and Spanish teacher from Farmington Schools where she taught primarily 5th and 6th grade. She joined CT COLT in the 1980’s and has participated […]
Sara Hall
Sara Hall has spent the past twelve years teaching Spanish to students in preschool through college. Along the way, she has traveled abroad, explored her cultural identity, and given life […]
Dr. Olga Liamkina
Dr. Olga Liamkina has over 15 years of teaching, curriculum development, and teacher training experience at several large universities across the U.S. and at the Goethe-Institut New-York. Currently, she supports […]
Melissa Tubbs
Melissa Tubbs is a Curriculum, Instruction and Assessment Coach at E.O. Smith High School in Storrs, CT. A French teacher of 14 years and a proud member of both the AATF-CT […]
Dr. Joseph Parodi-Brown
Dr. Parodi-Brown has presented locally, regionally, and nationally on world language education through the lens of social justice. He is a Spanish teacher, Academic Dean, SHIELD Director, and Modern Languages […]
Rebecca Aubrey
Rebecca Aubrey has over 20 years of teaching experience at the college level, and 12 years of experience teaching Spanish in grades K-8. Rebecca presents broadly around the country on topics […]