**Team New Money**

Julia McGonigal: Fascination in different language dialects and culture. Interest in understanding the aptitude for understanding different dialects, and the ability to speak more than one language.

Jacob: Fluent in English with a rudimentary grasp on Spanish. Interested in how language comes together, specifically word origins and how they can be broken apart to understand meaning. Recently discovered an interest in how language is expressed in the mind as well. Can kick pretty high.

Drew: Firm grasp of the English language, with proficiency in both Spanish and Italian.  Actual passion for language learning as a whole.  Interested in how languages are created and how they change with time.

Kiara: For the longest time I have been fascinated by language. Ever since a young age I have been exposed to different languages and culture through travel and growing in the diverse city of San Francisco. I’ve always loved listening to, observing and trying to learn new languages. I think that the most interesting part is when you hear two languages that come from similar roots and then you can compare how the sounds are similar and how there is variation even though they may still sound similar. The technicalities in every language varies. Two languages can be very different like Spanish and Tagalog, yet there are many shared words between the two. Same with English and Spanish. Then there are similar sounding languages like Spanish and Portugese, Spanish and French, etc.