For our last Humans of VISAS post of the semester, we’d like to highlight someone very special – Liz Wittner, founder of VISAS! Liz started the program in 1999(!) when she began working at UVA with the international TA program. She is currently the Academic Director at the Center for American English Language and Culture (CAELC) and the Coordinator of the International Teaching Assistant Training Program. She truly enjoys every aspect of VISAS, and she’s excited to see how the program will continue to grow in the future!

Elsa Thompson is our new and amazing VISAS Program Assistant! She also works with the Multilingual Outreach Volunteer Effort (MOVE) Program and the Center for American English Language & Culture’s (CAELC) testing and volunteer programs. She loves working with students and ESL learners and helping out with different programs of VISAS!