As Director of Development and Dissemination for the Stanford CTEL/CLAD Program Online, Veronica Fern-McElarney has multiple responsibilities as teacher, project manager, and entrepreneur of the Stanford Online Cross-Cultural Language and Academic Development (CLAD) Program for California Teachers of English Learners. Working to expand the program from California to other states where growing numbers of K-12 English learners are affecting schools, Veronica works closely with Stanford faculty Kenji Hakuta and Guadalupe Valdes. In her February talk for the Wallenberg Hall Brown Bag Series, Veronica invited the audience to participate and experience firsthand some of the pedagogical techniques she uses to engage students.