As coordinator, Christina plays a key role in office operations, manages academic events and community programming, collaborates with departments to host visiting scholars, and supports the Global Education Committee. She also oversees web-based resources for the Global Engagement Office. A former English language instructor, Christina enjoyed many years at Beloit College teaching English as a Second Language, a TESOL class, and leading first-year orientation initiatives. Relationship-building among international and domestic students is central to her work. She also has experience in community and language school (IEP) environments in the United States and in South Africa. Christina values her work in international education as it enables her to be a connector for the students, scholars, and colleagues to their community, institutions, and partners around the globe. Her academic interests focus on second language acquisition and comparative and international education. She has lived, worked, traveled and/or studied in Mexico, France, South Africa, Mozambique, China, Slovakia, Austria, and the UK.