Claudette Asgaralising-Ohlsson is a lecturer at HCT, UAE. She is an experienced English language examiner in Europe, the Middle East, and the Caribbean. Her area of expertise is Applied Linguistics and Sustainable Teaching; with an ongoing interest in Varilingualism and Bilingualism. Further, research areas include the impact of COVID 19 on teaching, learning, and human wellbeing. As an advocate of interdisciplinary teaching, one of her primary goals as a language educator is to expose students to the benefits of culturally diverse texts.