Our Founder
Subhadra (Subha) Vadlamannati is the youngest on Forbes 30 Under 30 list for Seattle –“Seattle’s biggest and brightest young entrepreneurs”. She volunteered at several local refugee organizations offering STEM after-school programs. She observed that only a fraction of the kids could take advantage of the programs she offered because of a lack of English skills. She wanted to provide these kids, mainly refugees and immigrants who spoke low resource languages, with culturally relevant multilingual content they could use to accelerate their English learning. Subha therefore founded the Linguistics Justice League to preserve and develop educational and technological support for low-resource languages. LJL won several awards, the latest being the T-Mobile’s Change Maker Award
Subha cares deeply for marginalized communities that are disadvantaged due to their linguistic and cultural underpinnings. In addition to her nonprofit she serves as a board member on three non-profit organizations that help underserved youth across the pacific northwest and the US.
Subha presented her work at several national and international conferences, including a TEDx talk calling for action to preserve low resource languages. Her research papers have been accepted for publication in several international peer reviewed Journals and recently Subha started serving on the Youth Advisory Board for Congressman Adam Smith.
Our Advisors
Dr. Ali Farghaly is a professor of Linguistics and NLP with international teaching experience and publications. He taught undergraduate and graduate linguistics and NLP courses in Africa, Asia, and the United States. His students came from almost every country in the world, and he loves the diversity of them.
Dr. Felix Laumann is the CEO of NeuralSpace, a NLP startup focusing on low-resource languages. He is also a PhD researcher at Imperial College London who deeply cares about bringing essential technology to every person on this planet.
Mehar Bhatia is an Applied Research Scientist at NeuralSpace, where she is working on understanding the disparity between research and deployment for low resource languages and developing technologies to mitigate the gap (‘Language Technologies for All’).
Dr. Ravi Shekhar is a Post-doctoral Researcher at the Queen Mary University of London, UK. His work focuses on improving NLP technology for low-resource languages. He loves working with a diverse group of people to make NLP techniques available to the public.
Dr. Achraf is a Data Scientist with a PhD in Data Science from the University of Paris II, specializing in community detection in data streams and natural language processing. He is passionate about research and integrating theoretical findings into real projects. Experienced in NLP, social networks, machine learning, and graph analysis. Currently Dr. Achraf is currently a research scientist in Nlp field at Neobrain.
He was excited to be part of LJL (Linguistic Justice League) because it is an organization dedicated to linguistic justice, which entails addressing social and linguistic inequalities. He is excited to contribute to this crucial cause and have a positive impact on marginalized communities.
Ellenore Angelidis is the founder and Board President of the Open Hearts Big Dreams Fund which is focused on increasing educational opportunities, through focusing on literacy, leadership, innovation, and inclusion projects, for kids in Ethiopia, her daughter’s birth country. She is also the founder and CEO of L.E.A.D., LLC, a consulting company focused on negotiation, innovation and leadership. Previously, as a 13 year employee of Amazon from 2005-2018, Ellenore Angelidis was part of the company’s growth. Her last role was Director Kindle Content Risk Management. She was also Amazon’s first Global Director of Diversity. Previously, she had business, product and legal roles for Amazon in Seattle, Luxembourg, and Paris. Prior to Amazon, she received her legal start at the Chicago firm of Baker & McKenzie. Ellenore Angelidis received her J.D. from the University of Chicago and her B.A., summa cum laude, from Loyola University Chicago.
Our TEAM
Development Lead
Talal Younis is a high school student at the Amman Baccalaureate School. He is passionate about languages, translation, and linguistics and is proficient in four languages: Arabic, English, French, and Italian. As a STEM-oriented student, he is equally passionate about the intersection of linguistics, mathematics, and computing in the areas of NLP and computational linguistics. Living in the Middle East, Talal is aware of the linguistic barriers that refugees and under-resourced students face in the region and aims to bridge the gap by working on initiatives that support low-resource language speakers through technology.
Developer Specialist
Sophia is currently a high school junior and programming enthusiast. After learning to code in her freshman year, she has discovered a passion for computer algorithms and their applications. Currently, she is embarking on multiple research projects using AI in the computational sciences. Coming from a multicultural background, she was drawn to LJL by its goal to use technology in preserving the languages (and cultures) of the world, a goal she is now passionate about contributing to.
Machine Learning/NLP Scientist
Yanbo Fang is a Master’s student from Rutgers University. His study is mainly about Machine Learning and Natural Language Processing. He is passionate about using NLP technology to improve communications among people and make this benefit accessible to all people.
Chief Technologist - EduLang
Eshaan Barkataki is a rising sophomore at High Technology High School. After he started coding at the age of 5, he took interest in Machine Learning, Natural Language Processing, Robotics, and frontend development. His projects include building a program that controls a computer using hand signs, building a Raspberry Pi robot that is controlled by computer and sends video feed, and creating a Neural Network and Automatic Differentiation from scratch in C++. Currently, he is creating a productivity app using React and Ionic and a program to automatically generate robotic designs.
Machine Learning/NLP
Meet Angelique, a language aficionado with a master’s degree in Applied linguistics, specializing in computational linguistics. When she’s not immersed in the fascinating world of words, she’s a freelance language analyst, bringing her passion for languages to life. Beyond the academic realm, she loves connecting with people from diverse cultures, adding a warm and personal touch to the vibrant tapestry of language exploration.
Content Management
Allison is an undergraduate pre-law student at Washington University studying Anthropology, Linguistics, and Legal Studies. Her interests lie in the exploration of language, culture, and environmental studies, particularly how these elements interact with politics and the legal field. She is passionate about contributing to LJL’s mission to make language learning accessible to underrepresented and low-income communities.
Machine Learning/NLP
Xiao has years of industrial experience in speech and audio processing, especially speech acoustics and voice quality. He once supported many voice assistant products getting launched, from Meta and Huawei. Now, he is a postgraduate student studying Speech and Language Processing at TCD, Ireland. Currently, he is endeavoring to make next-gen CAPT (Computer-Assisted Pronunciation Training) and speech products more fantastic.
Developer/ ML & NLP
William is a motivated high school junior with a passion for machine learning and front-end web development. He has worked quite a bit with natural language processing, including optimizing a GPT2 model for lower-end devices and fine tuning it for possible use in story generation. He also has created many fullstack apps and Discord bots, one of which has over 80000 active users. He is experienced with NodeJS, Python, Java, Julia, HTML/CSS/JS, and shell scripting.
Front End Developer
Lealem is a high school student who is a curious and deep learner. He is passionate about computer architecture, algorithms, and basically anything that involves strong Math dimensions. He currently works on front-end development and is comfortable with HTML/CSS/JS and MERN stack.
Content Manager
Yaejun Myung is a current high school junior attending the Bergen County Academies and is in the Academy of Technology and Computer Science. She is interested in linguistics, programming, creative writing, and journalism. After studying in Kaohsiung, Taiwan in an immersive language study program, she is especially interested in Mandarin Chinese and is fluent in Korean. She is excited to have a positive impact on marginalized communities through the Linguistics Justice League.
Developer
I am halfway through earning a Bachelor’s at UCSD in linguistics and data science, which I hope will allow me to preserve the languages of the world and help people learn new languages.
Full Stack Developer
Richard graduated with an English degree and had various jobs in the customer service background. After leaving his latest position as a Senior Bank Teller, he transitioned to become a Software Engineer and have continued learning new concepts, building new projects, and meeting new people. As a second-generation Korean American, he empathizes with the struggles of having English as a second language.
Developer (Front End)
I’m studying Computer Science at Texas A&M University. I have experience in Front-end web development using ReactJS and React Native. I am also familiar with HTML and CSS.
ML Developer
Chenchao Lin is a student from University of South California. His study is about applied data science. He is interested in software development and machine learning.
UI/UX Designer
Ady Aruan, have an interest in languages and want to be able to help people learn the language according to the language they want to learn and deepen, especially English as a world language. Specifically, I am someone who has an interest in the field of UI/UX Design and would like to be able to help people who want to learn languages through Visual and User Experiences that can be easily accepted by everyone/
UI/UX Designer
Natalya Franchi, is a UX designer pursuing a MS degree in Interactive Media and Communications with a concentration in UX design. I care about the LJL and its mission because I am a Ukrainian immigrant myself and know how much confidence and possibilities progressing in a new language brings.
Machine Learning/NLP Scientist
and Graphic Designer
Eugene Ryu is studying machine learning and wants to be a machine learning engineer. Her major interest is Natural Language Processing, AI for social good, and Explainable AI.
Developer (ML/ NLP)
NLP researcher and an experienced software developer. Passionate about language technologies for low resource languages.
Developer (ML/ NLP)
Tanisha earned a Bachelor’s degree in computer science with a data science specialization. She is enthusiastic about ML and NLP. Coming from a multi-lingual family, she understands the importance of helping speakers of low-resource languages learn English.
Developer
Vanessa is a recent graduate of the University of Washington in Informatics, Software Development. Since a young age, she has taken an interest in drawing and designing, especially technology. Thus, with the combined passion for both, she has pursued being a front-end developer with strong knowledge in React, React Native, Javascript, HTML and CSS. However, her goal is to be able to master all levels of development, languages and frameworks. Thus, she also is experienced in mobile development, backend development and more.
Developer (ML/ NLP)
Developer
I am Nayana H. Working as a Test Automation Engineer .I am good at breaking software and finding bugs and eventually making it a great software. I live in the beautiful and busy city,Atlanta,GA. I always wish to help kids and education.So here I am to give my best of my knowledge and contribute in upbringing kids who need help. As a technology enthusiast I am ready to learn new technology and contribute to the community.
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Time to Act
Linguistics Justice League works hard every day to help US immigrant students achieve their dreams of building a fruitful life in this land of opportunity. We work with our partners to both create higher education opportunities for students and hunt for mentors willing to support the next generation of innovators. However, we are reliant on our global community of enthusiast and activists to bring about true change. To learn more about what we do and to keep up to date with future opportunities, consider signing up for our upcoming newsletter. We will send you occasional updates about the organization and let you know how you can help the next generation of immigrant and refugees build a life of their dreams. We cannot wait to see what LJL and you can do together.
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