Anna Gilcher is an independent French teacher, teacher trainer, and coach in the Washington, DC area. She is a presenter and coaching team member at the National TPR Storytelling conference and regularly presents workshops around the country on teaching with comprehensible input and creating diversity-responsive classrooms. Since 2014 Anna has been a College Board AP Reader. She is also involved in teacher training work internationally, most notably for the Aumazo, Inc. tutoring program in Bankondji, Cameroon. Anna holds a PhD in 19th-century French literature from Duke University. She speaks German and Spanish in addition to French.