Ricardo Arisnabarreta Ricardo Arisnabarreta is an accomplished leader in the fields of language education, settlement services, and second language acquisition research, with extensive experience in teaching, program management, and policy development at both institutional and national levels. Ricardo is the Manager of Language Services at the Regina Open Door Society (RODS) in Saskatchewan. He holds an undergraduate degree in English and Spanish as a second language and an M.Ed. (Master of Education) with research focused on the internationalization of higher education, language, and power. He is also a Ph.D. candidate at the University of Regina and a sessional instructor in the International Languages Department of the same university, where he teaches Spanish credit classes. His research interests lie at the intersection of language, race, accent, and immigration, and how these factors affect the lived experiences of non-native speakers of English. He is a language and ESL expert and has provided expertise for language standardization for companies such as Duolingo. He also works as a freelancer for Duolingo on benchmarking language assessments. Ricardo has significant professional experience, including both teaching and administrative roles. He has taught EFL, EAP, LINC, theory and methodology in second language acquisition, and standardized assessment courses. He has worked as a language assessor and has taught at SaskPolytech and the University of Saskatchewan. Ricardo previously served as Vice President of TESL Saskatchewan and Chair of the Accreditation Committee, where he spearheaded significant changes in accreditation processes and standards. He was the Board Chair for the Saskatchewan Association of Immigrant Settlement and Integration Agencies. Currently, he also manages provincially and federally funded language programs at RODS, where he supports instructors in navigating the CLBs and PBLA.