Anne Marthe Bazile is currently a Ph.D. student in second languages and cultures education with the Department of Curriculum and Instruction at the University of Minnesota (Twin Cities). She also works with the Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board as a coordinator for the Village Park Program, which provides leadership training on teaching language and culture to inner city high school students. This is her third year at Lac du Bois (2 years as a credit teacher and now as the credit program facilitator). Being of Belgian and Haitian descent, she speaks French fluently and also speaks Spanish, Portuguese, Haitian Creole, German, Russian, and Swahili. She originally comes from Chicago, and she travels yearly to, namely, Europe (to visit family), as well as other countries around the world.