Our team

  • Lisa Bartels portrait

    Lisa Bartels, M.Ed., NBCT

    FOUNDER & CURRICULUM DESIGNER
    Foreign Language Assoc. of NC
    2023 Teacher of the Year

    I believe innovative curriculum design can address the most challenging aspects of classroom instruction, and I love sharing my resources with other teachers.

  • Claire Wentzel Portrait

    Claire Wentzel

    CREATIVE CONSULTANT | Red Rose Studios

    I design and write with an artist’s eye and an editor’s mind, applying goal-centric strategic thinking to all my work. If you have a project you would like to bring into bloom, too, let’s start a dialogue!

  • Rong Zhang Portrait

    Rong Zhang

    CHINESE LANGUAGE SPECIALIST

    Chinese is spoken by about one-fifth of the world’s population, and its culture cannot be simply ignored. Kids will benefit from learning the Chinese language and culture, as they grow up and need to interact with Chinese-speaking people.

  • Shelby Cole Portrait

    Shelby Cole, M.A., NBCT

    SPANISH & ELL SPECIALIST

    WCPSS 2023 Teacher of the Year Finalist

    I started my journey of learning Spanish in middle school and have worked, struggled, failed, and pursued my goal of being bilingual. 25+ years later, I am still on that journey and I love inspiring others to start their own journey of learning another language.

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