VISAS Leadership 2025-2026

Administrators

Elizabeth Wittner, CAELC Academic Director & VISAS Program Director

Email Elizabeth

Elsa Thompson, CAELC Program Assistant for ESL Volunteer Programs and Assessment

Email Elsa

Student Interns

Media, Outreach, and Recruitment Coordinator

Sophia Yoder

hkh8ud@virginia.edu

Year: 4th

Major: Behavior Neuroscience, Chinese Minor

Hometown: Harrisonburg, VA

Languages: English, Chinese

VISAS Experience: Language Consultant

Language Consultant Coordinator

Ashna Charania

wwg8xz@virginia.edu

Year: 3rd

Major: Cognitive Science and Neuroscience

Hometown: Richmond, VA

Languages: English, Hindi

VISAS Experience: Language Consultant

Classroom Consultant Coordinator

Apal Upadhyaya

xxb6mp@virginia.edu

Year: 4th

Major: Public Policy & Leadership, Japanese Language & Literature

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VISAS Experience:

ESL Assistant Coordinator

Minseo Kim

hzx9mr@virginia.edu

Year: 3rd

Major: Pre-Commerce and Computer Science

Hometown: Korea

Languages: English, Korean, Chinese, Spanish

VISAS Experience: ESL Assistant

VISAS Café Coordinator

Kayla Kline-Polio

wxr4mt@virginia.edu

Year: 3rd

Major: Public Policy & Leadership, Global Development Studies

Hometown: Reston, VA

Languages: English, Spanish

VISAS Experience: Workplace English Partner

Workplace English Co-Coordinators

Annika Vanlandingham

ntu5hk@virginia.edu

Year: 3rd

Major: Statistics and Global Public Health

Hometown: Baltimore, MD

Languages: English, French

VISAS Experience: Workplace English Partner

Jenifer Fiorello

ndh5kg@virginia.edu

Year: 4th

Major: Biomedical Engineering

Hometown:

Languages:

VISAS Experience: Workplace English Partner

Mai Hukuoka

khf7rq@virginia.edu

Year: 3rd

Major: Foreign Affairs Major; Minor in Public Policy and Leadership at Batten

Hometown: Allentown, PA

Languages: Japanese, English

VISAS Experience: Workplace English Partner, Teaching Consultant

Matt Wilson

dch7qv@virginia.edu

Year: 3rd

Major: Global Studies and Batten

Hometown: Kennett Square, PA

Languages: English, Spanish, French, Portuguese, learning Mandarin, Hindi, and Italian

VISAS Experience: ESL Assistant (also a MOVE volunteer!)

Meleah Ognita

bvf4kq@virginia.edu

Year: 4th

Major: Computer Science

Hometown: Stafford, VA

Languages: English, Tagalog, a little bit of Spanish

VISAS Experience: Workplace English Partner, Workplace English Co-Coordinator

Ulrich Atongazi

njc6kr@virginia.edu

Year: 4th

Major: Cognitive Science and Neuroscience

Hometown: Limbe, Cameroon

Languages: English, Pidgin

VISAS Experience: Language Consultant, Workplace English Partner