Washington, DC Center Staff

Robyn Garfield
Director
Languages: Chinese and English
Degree: BA in International Business and Intercultural Communication
Administrative/Teaching Experience: 5 years of ESL teaching experience in China and Germany, including with Beijing Foreign Studies University, Beijing Normal University, Princeton English, and a private tutor for the Politburo Standing Committee of the Communist Party of China. He also founded and managed ALTIC, a teaching program in Beijing.
What Robyn loves most about LADO: The multicultural students and staff and the lively and family-like atmosphere.
Random Trivia: Robyn has lived in Germany and China and has traveled through 5 continents. He hopes to travel through Africa in the next few years. Robyn loves playing team sports, particularly ultimate frisbee and baseball.

Caroline Balikungeri
Admissions Officer
Languages: French, English, Swahili, and Kinyarwanda
Degree: B.A. in International Affairs
Administrative/Teaching Experience: 4 years of university admissions, 6 months at the International Federation for Human Rights.
What Caroline loves most about LADO: the diversity of the student body,and the fact that the majority of the staff can speak more than one language is great!
Random Trivia: Caroline was born in Switzerland, spent her childhood in Rwanda, finished high school in Kenya, moved to the United States to get her B.A. and is currently finishing up her M.A. Caroline's dream is to travel to the Caribbean and to go to Cuba.

	Seydick Ramirez Admissions Officer Languages: Spanish and English Degree: B.A. in Information Technology Administrative/Teaching Experience: 3 years of administrative experience. What Seydick loves most about LADO: The international multicultural environment. The staff and the students. Random Trivia: Cuba, Mexico and Italy.