Elizabeth Mack, Diplôme Supérieur, M.A.

FOUNDER & CEO
    Article: Creating Connections with DPR Construction
We’re proud to partner with DPR Construction who takes a Lean construction tenet such as Respect for People and elevates it to a new level.  Read on to hear how DPR redefines project success through human-centered practices — including language learning.
Elizabeth is uncommonly passionate about the power of language, especially the ability of languages to connect people, to build empathy and belonging while creating equity. To that end, frustrated with the standard academic model, she formed Freestyle Languages in 2012 to create an adult language learning community through fun, stress-free learning with an effective methodology. 

Freestyle Languages, a HUB / MWBE, celebrates a proven, 100% online model. Through the flipped classroom, a proprietary curriculum developed through authentic materials and an accredited teacher training program, learners routinely become conversational and proficient. 

Since 2020, Freestyle’s Language at Work program has been focused on a customized language solution for the construction industry- known to have the largest language gap and associated risks- providing bilingual strategies in a targeted approach for English and/or Spanish learning. 
When not busy with Freestyle, family or friends, Elizabeth is finding new ways to serve, add value and explore the many opportunities afforded by language learning. Since 2021 she’s been volunteering with a grassroots organization, the Texas Anti-Poverty Project, with the aim of helping central Texas communities leverage the many advantages of language. She advocates for more accessible (and effective) English learning for Spanish speakers, as a critical life skill and a path to wage equity and greater opportunities.

More discussions with Elizabeth!

Episode 74 – Freestyle Languages: Opportunity and Joy
Episode 83 – You are Invited to… Succeed as an Adult Language Learner