Dr. Anna Dillon is an Associate Professor at Emirates College for Advanced Education. She has worked in the UAE since 2013, initially as a public school teacher and Head of Faculty in a kindergarten, and then as a teacher educator at Zayed University. She has held a variety of different administrative roles including Director of the Early Childhood Learning Center, an on-campus laboratory school at Zayed University, Chair of the Department of Education Studies, and Assistant Dean for Student Affairs at Zayed University. Her research interests include bilingual education, early childhood education, translanguaging, co-teaching, teacher education, English Medium Instruction, and Third Culture Kids. Anna is passionate about languages and believes in each individual harnessing their full linguistic repertoire to enhance their communication skills.