Claudia Angelelli (Ph.D., Stanford University) is Assistant Professor of Spanish at San Diego State University. She founded the Spanish Summer Program and co-founded the English Program for students at proficiency levels 3-4 at the Monterey Institute of International Studies. She has also taught Spanish and LSP courses at Stanford University, Catholic University, and Universidad del Salvador in Argentina. She has more than 20 years experience in professional translation and has conducted extensive research on Superior-level speakers brokering language and culture during interpretation. Her publications address issues of heritage speakers and high-level foreign-language proficiency.