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Emmi Tewkbury-Volpe

Emmi was an early adopter of GLN. Back in 2006 when GLN was still a student organization at The George Washington University and Emmi was a college freshman homesick for her hometown of Naples, she taught her very first Italian course. Seven years later, she became...
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Johan Ferreira

Newly transplanted to DC this past Fall, John Ferreira immediately contacted GLN about teaching his native language, Afrikaans. Coming from a country that has 11 official languages, Johan thinks you can best understand someone’s perspective by speaking their language. For Johan, teaching his mother tongue...
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