Author Information

Lee Ragsdale is an instructor of both English as a second language as well as Spanish, with MAs in both from the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. She has worked as a language instructor primarily in higher education and is passionate about access to education as a human right. This passion led her to work in prisons in the US where she helped found a groundbreaking student-led ESL program. She is a native of Memphis, Tennessee and has lived in many US cities as well as Mexico. She loves to travel and learn new languages.

Aaron Burkholder grew up in the suburbs of Cincinnati, Ohio, where he would dream of one day living out the adventure stories he so loved to read. He graduated college with degrees in both English Literature and Spanish. After years of teaching English, he began his career in ELT publishing, where he has been ever since. He has worked as a writer, editor, and proofreader for a constant stream of English learning projects. Aaron loves writing, film, fitness, and technology.

Sarah Blackwood has a Master’s level certification in TESOL from the University of Michigan and has worked an ESL/EFL educator in both the United States and Mexico. She has 17 years of experience in the field of English Language Teaching, as an author, editor, instructor, and teacher trainer. She is also an avid student of languages and has studied Spanish, French, German, and Swahili. In her free time, she enjoys playing the piano and writing poetry.