Sviatlana Karpava is an Assistant Professor in Applied Linguistics/ Multilingualism and Coordinator of the MA in TESOL program at the Department of English Studies, University of Cyprus. She is Co-Director of the Discourse, Context and Society Lab and the Testing, Teaching and Translation Lab, Chair of Cyprus Teachers of English Association, active member/research collaborator of the Cyprus Linguistic Society, and Harmonious Bilingualism Network. Dr Karpava is Management Committee member of Content and Language Integrated Learning Network for Linguistic Diversity and Education (CLILNetLE) European Cooperation in Science and Technology project (COST) Action and Working Group member of the Transnational Family Dynamics in Europe (TraFaDy) COST Action. Dr Karpava is the editor of several volumes, among which are Family and School Involvement in Multilingual Education and Heritage Language Development and Multilingualism and Multiculturalism: Language Teaching and Learning. She has presented her research at numerous international conferences and published her research work in various peer-reviewed journals. Her area of research is applied linguistics, second/third language acquisition, bilingualism, multilingualism, sociolinguistics, teaching, and education.