Miyako Matsui is an experienced language teacher both in Japan and Australia. She completed her PhD at James Cook University in 2022 investigating parental involvement in Japanese heritage language and cultural maintenance in Australia and teaches Japanese at the University of Wollongong since 2012. Her experience of living in Japan and Australia since childhood inspired her interest to research heritage language and cultural maintenance. She wishes to further develop her knowledge of the community language programs and language studies at schools in Australia.