Our Team
Wikitongues is powered by over 1,000 people on every continent. Contributors record and caption video oral histories, raise awareness about language sustainability in their communities, and help support special projects.
Daniel Bögre Udell is the Executive Director and the co-founder of Wikitongues. He has been working with online initiatives since 2011, when he helped launch the Catalan-language edition of Global Voices. He is an historian and designer by training, having studied at Parsons School of Design and The New School for Social Research in New York City. He speaks English, Spanish, Catalan, and Portuguese. Watch his TED Talk and follow him on Twitter.
Kristen Tcherneshoff is Programs Director at Wikitongues. She received a BFA in Photography and Italian from the University of Alabama and holds a Master of Arts in African Studies & Linguistics from Helsinki University. With a background in law and disability rights, her interests lie in language activism and Sign linguistics. She speaks English, Swahili, American Sign Language, and is currently learning Finnish and Welsh.
Frederico Andrade is the co-founder of Wikitongues. A seasoned design technologist with a foundation from Parsons School of Design in New York City, he is Head of Product at Elucd, which helps city leaders track every neighborhood feels about trust and safety, and develop strategies for their improvement. He stewards Wikitongues infrastructure for scalable community management and archiving.
For our full list of contributors, visit our website.
If you’d like to donate to support the work of Wikitongues or if you’d like to get to know our work, please visit wikitongues.org. To watch our oral histories, subscribe to our YouTube channel or visit wikitongues.org to submit a video.
