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Lara Matta, Assistant Director

Dr. Lara Matta holds a PhD in Comparative Literature from the University of Massachusetts Amherst, an MA in Anglophone Languages, Literatures, and Cultures from Université Paul Valéry in France, and an undergraduate degree in Anglophone Languages and Literatures from the Lebanese University. She earned certificates from the Mount Holyoke College Program in Critical Social Thought and the Leadership Certificate Programs at Cornell University. Dr. Matta is a native speaker of Arabic and French.


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Shawn Lindholm, Senior Project Manager

Shawn Lindholm holds a BA in French from Rutgers University and has trained in conference interpretation with Professor Dan Martin at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. In addition to French, she has knowledge of Spanish and Russian. She has five years of administrative experience in the Civil and Environmental Engineering Department at the University of Massachusetts Amherst.


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Río Hernández, Project Manager

Río Hernández holds a BA in History and Asian Studies from Cornell University and an MA in Translation Studies from the University of Massachusetts Amherst. Born and raised in Puerto Rico, he is a native speaker of Spanish with knowledge of Japanese and Thai. Río also functions as Facilitator for the Language Teaching & Research Lab.


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Kasira J. Hernández, Accounting and Data Manager

Kasira J. Hernández (กษิรา เฮอร์นันเดซ) graduated with a Master’s in Accounting from the Isenberg School of Management of the University of Massachusetts Amherst. Originally from Rayong province in Thailand, she has an Associate’s Degree in Accounting from Rayong Polytechnic College and a Bachelor’s Degree in Maritime Management with a focus on Logistics from the College of Transport and Logistics of Burapha University, eastern Thailand’s flagship university. She has worked as an accountant and as administrative staff at major Thai and Japanese corporations. She is a Thai-English translator.