Team

Multilingual Chicago's founder is Dr. Jill Bishop, a linguistic anthropologist with twenty years of experience teaching language and culture both in the US and abroad. She founded Workforce Language Services in 2005 - rebranded in 2012 as Multilingual Connections (MC's parent company) - and has brought customized language training to Lou Malnati’s, the Chicago Fire, Kraft, Diana’s Bananas, the Field Museum, Yum! Brands, Cargill, Marriott, Four Seasons, Grand Victoria Casino and many others. In addition to her MA/PhD from UCLA (with a focus on Judeo-Spanish language revitalization efforts in Israel), Jill’s BA was in Spanish Education from the University of Illinois. Her academic teaching experience includes ULCA, Kendall College, Triton Community College, Oakton Community College, Harper College, Robert Morris College and Maine South and East High Schools.

Our team includes Hilary Hodge (Director of Operations), Adrienne Smith (Language Fundamentals Coordinator), Jennifer Yang (Boot Camps and Tutoring Coordinator), Carolina Legg (Multilingual Kids Manager), Elise Walker (Multilingual Kids Coordinator) Johana Moscoso (Multilingual Kids Lead Teacher) - as well as dozens of fabulous instructors. We have all lived around the world and are passionate about teaching language and culture. Stop by, say hello and get to know us!

If you have any questions about who we are, what we do or would simply like more information, please don't hesitate to contact us.