Emily Pirkle began working in education as a Teaching Assistant for the German and Slavic Languages Department at the University of Georgia in 2011 in Athens, Georgia. After working as a Teaching Assistant, she moved to Screven County High School where she taught German for four years. Emily obtained her Master's Degree in 2016 from Georgia Southern University in Curriculum and Instruction. Emily is passionate about foreign language education and is always looking for new ways to promote cross-curricular instruction and bring real-life examples to the foreign language classroom.