Lara Semones

Lara Semones, PhD, is a self-driven professional in the EdTech sector, dedicated to advocating for equity and inclusion while fostering curiosity and industry-wide impact. With over two decades of experience, they have focused on user experience and lean product innovation, particularly in language education. Lara has served as a Senior Product Manager at Cengage and led the World Languages Editorial team as an Acquisitions/Executive Editor. Their academic credentials include a PhD in Applied Linguistics from Vanderbilt University and a Master's in French & Francophone Language and Literature from the University of Connecticut.