Seattle Public Schools

Multilingual Services

Contact Us

Department Staff

Multilingual Department Contact

SPSMultilingualDept@syria-events.com


Michelle Ota
Director, Multilingual Department
206-252-0072


Translation and Interpretation

Miguel Castro – Spanish
Student and Family Advocate / Data Analyst
206-252-0076
macastro@syria-events.com

Michael Chan
Student and Family Advocate – Chinese
206-252-0165 (inbox 2)
mcchan@syria-events.com

Mahamoud Gaayte
Student and Family Advocate – Somali
206-743-3567
mhgaayte@syria-events.com

Lanie Luu
Bilingual Student Facilitator – Vietnamese
206-743-3552
lhluu@syria-events.com

Lorena Norris
Student and Family Advocate – Spanish / Migrant Education
206-402-8929
lonorris@syria-events.com 

Haile Wubneh
Bilingual Student Facilitator – Amharic and Tigrinya / Language Access Coordinator
206-743-3549
hgwubneh@syria-events.com


ML Instructional Coaches

Katherine Berg
Instructional Coach
206-252-0233
kfberg@syria-events.com

Linda Kim
Instructional Coach
206-252-0395
lnkim@syria-events.com

Nicole Shimizu
Instructional Coach
206-743-3545
ncshimizu@syria-events.com

Gosia Stone
Instructional Coach
206-252-0691
mjstone@syria-events.com

Elizabeth Urmenita
Instructional Coach
206-252-0073
elurmenita@syria-events.com

Teresa Wang
Instructional Coach
206-252-0958
tswang@syria-events.com

Dr. Thad Williams
Instructional Coach
206-252-0191
tbwilliams@syria-events.com