S1 E3: The women who keep Bilingualism Matters rolling – Dr. Katarzyna Przybycien & Christy Brewster

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In this episode, we talk with the two members of staff at the Edinburgh Bilingualism Matters (BM) office, Dr. Katarzyna (Kat) Przybycien and Christy Brewster. Before joining BM, both Kat and Christy were navigating life, family, and work has bilinguals across many countries and continents! Christy Brewster is the Bilingualism Matters Centre's Administrator, based at the University of Edinburgh. She is responsible for event organisation, communications and general administration. She has an MA (Hons) in History from the University of Glasgow, and a CELTA Teaching English as a Foreign Language (TEFL) qualification. She taught English in Argentina for three years and is part of an English and Spanish speaking bilingual family. Dr. Katarzyna Przybycien is the Bilingualism Matters Centre's Research and Outreach Coordinator, based at the University of Edinburgh. With experience in science communication, community work and a PhD on best practices in knowledge exchange, she is responsible for liaisons and finding links and opportunities between disciplines and people. Kat is raising a multilingual family including Polish, Spanish, German, English and Gaelic.

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Recorded on: 10/07/2020

Music: Arc of the Sun by The 126ersssssss