Elie Crief grew up in a small town one hour away from Paris, France. He speaks French and English. He also studied Spanish during his secondary and postsecondary education. He graduated from Suffolk University with a Bachelor of Science in Sociology minoring in Education Studies. He has been a research assistant working with this group on translanguaging projects since September 2017. His interest in education is to make classrooms become inclusive spaces and his bilingual status gives him firsthand experience to understand how language plays a role in educational settings.