Sydney Estey-Dedell received her BA from The University of North Carolina at Greensboro. She has worked as a teacher and curriculum developer with Chinese students for over ten years. Before coming to SPIRAL, she taught at a high school in Sichuan, China, and helped prepare students to continue their studies in the United States. She has been both a student of Chinese and a teacher of English, and has a passion for language learning and cross-cultural education.