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Mimi Melkonian teaches Arabic, French, and "Attack and Aftermath of 9/11" at Brunswick School in Greenwich, Connecticut. She has extensive experience in teaching Arabic language and culture in creative ways in the classroom, as well as online. She is a frequent presenter at linguistic conferences and seminars in the U.S., Europe, and the Middle East. She is invited annually to present at the Columbia Scholastic Press Association Convention at Columbia University in New York City. Mimi has been honored with several awards, including the Goodwill Ambassador Award from the Secretary of State and Governor of Arkansas for her valuable contribution to the Little Rock Sister Cities Commission and the IBLA-Little Rock Music Festival. She is a Licentiate of The Institute of Mathematics and its Applications, IMA, in London. In 2017, she was awarded the Educational Technology Award from the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL), an organization that promotes the teaching and learning of Arabic language and culture in the United States. Most recently, in 2018, Mimi was elected secretary for the Arabic Special Group (SIG) at ACTFL.