Kella Narki Merlain-Moffatt is the Associate Director of the Africana Center at Tufts. She earned her master’s degree in International Educational Development from Teachers College, Columbia University and bachelor’s degrees in International Relations and Africana Studies from Tufts University. At Tufts, she is responsible for the implementation of leadership development programs that uplift students of African descent and their many intersecting identities. Her multilingual, Ghanaian-Haitian-American upbringing informs her sense of responsibility to community. Her research explores the role of language in education and policymaking and the boundaries of identity and their consequences. On this trip, she will discuss the critical importance of linguistic accessibility in creating equitable educational opportunities and how language influences civic engagement, social equity, and community development. Kella has visited Ghana many times and studied abroad for a semester at the University of Ghana. She is excited to return and share Ghana with fellow travelers.