After failing High School Spanish, Amy became a sequential bilingual through immersion at her summer job. Serendipity led Amy to Dual Language Education after she got her BA in Spanish and Business. In 1998, Amy established her teaching career in Compañeros, Connecticut’s first Two-Way Dual Program. She fell in love with Dual Language Education, and realized that it has the potential to save the world – Amy is a passionate believer that Dual Language Education is key to developing a more socially just society. After facilitating the expansion of Compañeros, Amy supported the launch of Dos Ríos, Windham’s One-Way Developmental Dual Program. She hopes to continue to help elevate bilingualism and advocate for social justice via her work in Dual Language. Today she is Windham’s Dual Language Specialist, a MABE consultant, co-founder of DuLCE (Dual Language Connecticut Educators), a wife, and a mother to emerging social justice warriors in a bilingual home.