Meet our new Advocacy Chair Amanda Mendoza is a French teacher, World Language Department Chair, and Seal of Biliteracy Coordinator at Emporia High School. She has served previously on the KSWLA board from 2020-2023, is a LILL Advocate, the Kansas and Central States Regional Representative for NNELL, and a session/workshop facilitator locally and nationally. Amanda is looking forward to advocating for all language teachers and their students at the local, state, regional, and

Each year at the conference, the Annual Business meeting is held. You can find the meeting minutes here: 2025 Annual Business Meeting Minutes The Annual Conference, Proficiency in a Globalized World , was held in Manhattan this year hosted by Kansas State University. We welcomed two keynote speakers, Dr. Susana Ibarra - Johnson and Joshua Cabral. This year's conference hosted over 25 sessions from teachers all over the state of Kansas. We thank them for their time, effort, a

Dr. Andie Faber is an Associate Professor of Spanish / Profesora asociada de español, Director of the New Faculty Institute, and Spanish Language Program Co-ordinator at Kansas State University. To learn more about Dr. Faber take a look at her website! https://sites.google.com/view/andiefabe r What drives you?  I invite you to take a moment to reflect on your own multilingualism. What do you like about speaking multiple languages? What made you decide to pursue a career in la