Do you think is too late to learn Spanish or teach your children?Dr. Veronica Benavides has tips for you! She has spent her career exploring and advocating for the intersection of identity, language, and learning.

Dr. Benavides is an educator, a Fulbright scholar, researcher at Harvard, a leadership coach, and the Executive Director of a leading early childhood educational research and training center. Today, she is the founder and CEO of Bilingual Generation, Dr. Benavides works to support the reclamation and flourishing of heritage languages across global contexts.

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Timestamps

00:00- Teaser

00:47- Guest Introduction

02:58- What is the intersectionality of language, identity and culture?

06:56- The duality of shame and pride in our culture

12:15- "It takes courage to learn a new language"

15:30- Language is about connection

17:07- Tools for parents to raise bilingual children

27:56- Bilingualism is your superpower, how to protect it?

33:10- "We need more playfulness" when it comes to learning language

38:30- What does the decolonization of language mean?

45:50- Advice when first raising multilingual children

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