Professional Development Specialist Eliana Stanislawski makes sure that programs and practitioners have the training and assistance they need to achieve their digital literacy goals. 

Eliana brings over 10 years of experience in adult education and deep expertise in virtual learning, literacy, and refugee support. As the former Adult Education Curriculum and Instruction Coordinator at HIAS Pennsylvania, they developed targeted English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) programs for newcomer refugees, led new approaches to virtual instruction for English language learners without literacy in their first language, trained social services staff, and achieved measurable skill gains with 75% of their students. Eliana has also taught at institutions like the Free Library of Philadelphia, Worcester Adult Learning Center, and Worcester State University. Eliana has taught virtually since 2020 and has led the transition from in-person to online instruction for multiple ESOL and Family Literacy programs. 

Eliana leads coaching and professional development on a wide range of topics, including digital skills instruction and values-based instruction. She is also a member of the Educational Linguistics Faculty at the University of Pennsylvania’s Graduate School of Education, where she serves as a mentor for TESOL graduate student-teachers. 

Eliana holds an MSEd in TESOL from Temple University and a BA in International Development and Social Change from Clark University.