Dr. Rocio Raña is the President and CEO of LangInnov. She has over 15 years of experience in linguistic project management and educational research. She earned her PhD in Linguistics at CUNY’s Graduate Center, and has extensive experience in bilingual literacy development and assessments, second language acquisition, and sociolinguistics. Dr. Raña has authored several publications in her areas of expertise.

Rocio Raña, Ph.D

Dr. Xuan-Nga Cao is the COO of LangInnov. She is also the co-founder of Gazouyi, a parenting app. She has sustained several management positions in different startup companies. At present, she leads the Echolalia project, developed within the Cognitive Machine Learning team located at Ecole Normale Supérieure in Paris. She has co-authored several papers on speech tools and analysis of speech in child daylong recordings.

Xuan-Nga Cao, Ph.D

Evgeniya Maryutina is a Ph.D student at Speech-Language-Hearing Sciences Department at CUNY Graduate Center. She also holds MA in Linguistics from CUNY Graduate Center. Her research focuses on bilingual children and phonology. She also works as a Russian instructor for children at Carousel of Languages and heads their research department. Evgeniys is also an avid language learner, traveler, and enjoys taking dance classes during her free time.

Jane Maryutina

Olga Avram is the Accounting and Research Assistant at LangInnov. She has completed her Bachelor’s degree in Mathematics and Economics at Baruch college, and she was involved with the Financial Women’s Association as a mentee and hopes to return as a mentor. Outside of work, Olga enjoys learning about art, painting, and coding.

Tavani Lawrence is currently pursuing her MBA in Global Business at Rider University, where she is also a graduate assistant for the residence life department. She recently recieved her Bachelor of Science degree in International Business from West Chester University of Pennsylvania. Working at LangInnov has allowed her to discover her passion for sales, education, and helping others.

Tavani Lawrence

Anya Srivats is pursuing a B.S. in Finance and Data Science at New York University. She is interested in leveraging new technology to bridge equity gaps in our community.

Despina Skartados is currently pursing a B.A. in Mathematics at Baruch College, where she is a member of the Baruch Actuarial Science Society and the Association for Women in Mathematics Baruch Chapter. During her free time she tutors children in the Modern Greek Language and in Mathematics. She enjoys traveling and learning new languages.

Despina Skartados

Maureen Grady is currently pursuing a MA at Middlebury College in Spanish Language and Literature with an emphasis on linguistics. She received her bachelor's in history from the University of Scranton and also holds a MA in International Education from NYU. Her most recent work was at FLS International in which she directed the company's English language center in Jersey City, and later as program director she both taught ESL and developed & oversaw new boarding school partnerships for the company's international student population. Her interests lie in second language acquisition, especially in the adult context, sociolinguistics, semantics, and phonology.

Maureen Grady

Emi Sato

Elizabeth Garza ia an M.A. student of Linguistics at the CUNY Graduate Center. Her interests include computational linguistics, language acquisition, and learnability. She is also a research coordinator for the Second Language Acquisition Lab at CUNY, where she is in charge of coordinating the development of reading comprehension assessments for the Multilingual Literacy Development project.

Elizabeth Garza

Kaitlyn Gurinowich is currently pursuing a B.S. in Social Media Theory and Strategy at Kutztown University. She is excited for the learning opportunity LangInnov has provided her with and is eager to expand her knowledge. Her favorite part about social media is that she can be as creative as she wants.

Kaitlyn Gurinowich

Kelly Jiang is currently pursuing a BBA in Marketing Management at the Macaulay Honors College at Baruch College. On campus, she is involved in Ascend, a pan Asian professional development organization. She's interested in exploring the intersections of business, media, and technology, and in her free time she loves to listen to music and go on long walks!

Kelly Jiang