Our Team

Gio, Language Consultant

Gio, his wife and four children have come from Guatemala to settle down in New Delhi. His educational background is engineering and accounting. Gio is fluent in three languages and has been an instructor and coach for both Spanish and English speakers learning Hindi or Urdu. He has lived in India since 2002 and has been with OSLS since 2004.

Dwight and Laurel, Language Acquisition Consultants

Dwight and Laurel are Americans who live in Jaipur. Dwight is our SOPI administrator, has studied Urdu in Pakistan and at Delhi University, has worked as a supervisor in an Urdu language school, and is teaching himself Hindi. Laurel is also fluent in Urdu and works developing Urdu language learning aids as well as assisting Dwight. They have been living in South Asia since 1987 and have three teenage sons.

Susie, Language Consultant

Susie grew up speaking English and Spanish. She is an elementary school teacher by profession and taught in Chicago, USA for six years before coming to India in 2005. She has gone through the OSLS program herself and is a Hindi camp instructor in English and Spanish. She joined the OSLS staff in 2007.

Matt, Language Consultant

Matt is from Canada and has been living in Varanasi since 2006. He has been a language learner himself in OSLS program. He also completed the grammar course at Landour Language School. Matt recently joined the OSLS team and has been able to work closely with Lowell, who started the OSLS program. He currently teaches Hindi Camps for Stage 1 and Stage 2, making use of his BA in Applied Linguistics and his personal experience of learning Hindi.

Carolina, Language Consultant

Carolina is a psychologist by profession. She first came to India in 1998. Spanish is her mother tongue, but she also speaks English, Portuguese, and Urdu. She joined OSLS in 2007 and currently teaches Stage 1 camps.

Sungil, Language Consultant

Sungil has lived in India for 8 years and is a self taught Hindi student and proficient speaker. She is currently working on developing the OSLS curriculum in Korean.

Andrea, Language Consultant

Andrea has experience in a number of different languages. She studied French since age four and studied Russian for four years. She lived in Moscow, Russia for two years and has lived in India with her husband and 4 children since 2001. Her language training includes university courses, immersion in different countries, Stages 1-3 of the OSLS program, and the Landour Language School's grammar course. She has served as an instructor since 2003 and has been a language coach since 2005.

Michelle, Administrator

Michelle arrived in India in January 1996. Having done her own language study over the years, she was happy to join OSLS as the administrator to help more people coming to India have a community-based language learning option. She is a firm believer in OSLS since she has seen many people go through the stages and succeed in their ability to communicate in Hindi and Urdu. Living in Delhi, she coordinates the OSLS Camp schedule and answers all of your questions.