Cheers to a Successful Spring Virtual Conference

CATESOL President, Susan Gaer

Welcome to spring and life during the Pandemic. On May 8-9, we had a very successful Spring Virtual Conference. We had a total of 485 registrants and earned more than 17,000 dollars. This money is going to be used to pay off some of our outstanding debts. We appreciate the depth and breadth of our member support and hope to get the videos and handouts on the member portal as soon as possible. Most of the comments we got from our 200+evaluations were positive and include such as the following:

“The conference was well-organized with a variety of interesting topics and knowledgeable speakers.”

“You pulled off an inexpensive, interesting and nurturing conference at very little cost to the participants.”

The speakers were all volunteers from CATESOL and I want to acknowledge each and every one of them.

Our plenary speakers:
Donna Brinton, David and Yvonne Freeman, Stephen Krashen, Maggie Sokolik and Keith Folse.

Our concurrent speakers:
Eric Miller, Jessica Varnado-Swal and Monica Cueva; Nicole Brun-Mercer; Jennifer Gagliardi; Sonia Estima, Natalia Barley, and Edgar Roca; Ryan Detwiler and Mary Hughes; Alisa Takeuchi; Judith O’Loughlin and Brenda Custodio; Marsha Chan

Our Moderators:
Amy Pascuccui, Ryan Detwiler, Christie Sosa, Nooshan Ashtari, Lily Lewis, Alisa Takeuchi, Regan Clark, Suzanne Bardasz, Margi Wald and Nancy Kwang Johnson, Marsha Chan and Susan Gaer

Our Organizers
Marsha Chan, Margi Wald, Nancy Kwang Johnson, Lia Kamhi-Stein, Susan Gaer
This was a work of love that benefits our membership and organization immensely. Thank you from the bottom of my heart.


Cheers to a Successful Spring Virtual Conference CATESOL President, Susan Gaer Welcome to spring and life during the Pandemic. On May 8-9, we had a very successful Spring Virtual Conference. We had a total of 485 registrants and earned more than 17,000 dollars. This money is going to be used to pay off some of our outstanding debts. We appreciate the depth and breadth of our member support and hope to get the videos and handouts on the member portal as soon as possible. Most of the comments we got from our 200+evaluations were positive and include such as the following: “The conference was well-organized with a variety of interesting topics and knowledgeable speakers.” “You pulled off an inexpensive, interesting and nurturing conference at very little cost to the participants.” The speakers were all volunteers from CATESOL and I want to acknowledge each and every one of them. Our plenary speakers: Donna Brinton, David and Yvonne Freeman, Stephen Krashen, Maggie Sokolik and Keith Folse. Our concurrent speakers: Eric Miller, Jessica Varnado-Swal and Monica Cueva; Nicole Brun-Mercer; Jennifer Gagliardi; Sonia Estima, Natalia Barley, and Edgar Roca; Ryan Detwiler and Mary Hughes; Alisa Takeuchi; Judith O’Loughlin and Brenda Custodio; Marsha Chan Our Moderators: Amy Pascuccui, Ryan Detwiler, Christie Sosa, Nooshan Ashtari, Lily Lewis, Alisa Takeuchi, Regan Clark, Suzanne Bardasz, Margi Wald and Nancy Kwang Johnson, Marsha Chan and Susan Gaer Our Organizers Marsha Chan, Margi Wald, Nancy Kwang Johnson, Lia Kamhi-Stein, Susan Gaer This was a work of love that benefits our membership and organization immensely. Thank you from the bottom of my heart.
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