Cognitive Recovery Lab

Sofia Veljkovic is a junior at Georgetown University majoring in Linguistics and Theology. She is specifically interested in Slavic languages and language instruction, being fluent in Serbian and currently learning Polish. In the past, she has been a tutor for Serbian teens trying to learn English, and has taught Serbian to children at Sunday school. After undergrad, Sofia plans to attend graduate school for a PhD in Linguistics.

Tricia Estrada is a junior at Georgetown University majoring in Interdisciplinary Studies with concentrations in Art History and Linguistics and minoring in Cognitive Science. She is interested in the relationship between language acquisition, multilingualism, and the brain. Outside of CRL, she is an ESL tutor and after graduation, she hopes to pursue master's degrees in second language acquisition and applied neurosciences. 

Sophia Frank is a sophomore at Georgetown University majoring in Linguistics and minoring in Cognitive Science and French. Her interests lie in Speech Language Pathology, as she wishes to create effective therapies for people with Aphasia, Autism, Developmental Dyslexia, and ADHD. She has professional proficiency in French and has created French curricula for children's immersion camps. She loves language as it relates to reading and singing.

Dani Nisbet is a sophomore at Georgetown University majoring in Linguistics and minoring in Cognitive Science and Persian Studies. He is interested in the intersection between multilingualism, music, and the brain. After graduation, he hopes to create new music-based brain stimulation therapies that can help patients with neurocognitive and language disorders. 

Grace Stephenson is a junior at Georgetown University majoring in Linguistics and minoring in Biology. She is interested in language acquisition, and in the interdisciplinary connections among the cognitive sciences. She loves learning languages, including French and Korean, and she intends to pursue a combination of teaching and research after graduation.