Advisory Board

Tim Eagan is department head for Classical & Modern Languages for Wellesley Public Schools in Massachusetts, a small district just west of Boston. Prior to his position in Wellesley, he has taught French, Spanish, and sometimes Latin at both middle and high school levels. In 2017 he served as MaFLA president, and continues to hold an adjunct position on the MaFLA board of directors. He holds a B.A. in French and Spanish from Assumption College in Massachusetts and an M.A. in Critical and Creative Thinking from the University of Massachusetts, Boston, where he focused on studying content-based language instruction. He is a frequent presenter at MaFLA, NECTFL, and ACTFL.

Dr. Debbie Callihan-Dingle is currently Assistant Director for World Languages and Federal Programs in North East ISD in San Antonio.  During her tenure years as director, she has revamped professional development, transitioned teachers to a proficiency-based classroom approach, and led the program through a curriculum and assessment revision.  Prior to assuming this role, she was a French teacher for 16 years at MacArthur H. S. in the same district.  As a teacher, she received a National Endowment for the Humanities scholarship to study in Paris as well as a French Embassy short-stay grant to participate in a summer program in Paris.  Debbie has also served as president and treasurer of the Junior League of San Antonio, treasurer of her local Delta Kappa Gamma chapter, and as president of the Texas Association of Language Supervisors.

Zoe Jiang is the World Language Lead in the Issaquah School District in Washington, where she also serves as a member of the Educator of Color group. Zoe has a passion for assisting other educators with their professional development. She is an officer of the Washington Association for Language Teaching (WAFLT) and received the 2018 Teacher of the Year Award. As an active presenter at national, state, and regional conferences, she received the 2019 Best Presentation Award from the Chinese Language Teachers Association-USA (CLTA). Zoe is also the 2021-2024 board member of CLTA. 

In addition, Zoe’s global perspective and professional background have led her to advocate for world language education and cross-curricular connections to local school districts, city councils, senators, representatives, Washington Governor Inslee, and all the way to Washington D.C.. She and her colleagues have successfully united the community through radio interviews, cultural events, and annual language competitions that they organize.

As a first-generation AfroLatina immigrant, Adriana Fletes has dedicated her life’s work to providing quality educational experiences for educators, students, families, and her community.  She focuses on leadership through multilingual and multicultural engagement.  Her strong faith, values, ethics, and dedication serve as motivating factors that lead her to pursue excellence in all of her personal and professional endeavors. She is an advocate for all students and strives to prepare educators to meet the ever changing needs of our adolescent and university level students. 

She currently serves as the Director of Dual Language Immersion Implementation & Secondary Spanish for the International Leadership of Texas Charter School District, an Adjunct Professor at Texas Woman’s University, a chief content scoring leader for Educational Testing Services, Owner of iLingoLink Consulting Services, and serves on various educational and community boards. 

Leslie Grahn has twenty-seven years of language teaching experience at the middle and high school levels and twelve years of experience at the central office level, most recently as Coordinator of World Languages for the Howard County Public School System in Maryland. Leslie has been a course instructor on foreign language teaching methods and differentiated instruction and is a frequent presenter at state, regional, and national conferences, specializing in best practices. She curates and creates resources to support language teaching and learning and shares them through her website (www.grahnforlang.com) and on Pinterest (grahnforlang). She has experience in teacher and leadership development and leads training on instructional coaching, mentoring, leadership, and communication skills. Leslie is the co-author of The Keys to Strategies for Language Instruction and serves on the boards of NECTFL, NADSFL and ACTFL.

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