Session facilitator Carrie Toth is currently a Spanish teacher in Salem, IL and 32 years later, serves in the classroom and as a local, regional, national workshop presenter and keynote speaker. In 2006, Toth received National Board Certification in Spanish and later earned a Master’s Degree in Spanish Education. In 2011, she was named the IPA Horace Mann Innovative Educator of the Year followed by ICTFL  and Central States Teacher of the Year.  In 2014 Toth represented CSCTFL at ACTFL as a finalist for the 2015 ACTFL TOY! In 2017, she received National Geographic certification and uses this experience to create cross curricular experiences for her students. Carrie has nine published readers, and many teacher guided materials geared toward language proficiency goals. She is also a curriculum writer for the Sr. Wooly Company while running her LLC, Somewhere to Share.