Yetunde S. Alabede is a daughter, wife, mother, friend, liberal Muslim, cultural enthusiast, and food lover. She is currently a Ph. D student in the Department of Curriculum, Instruction, and Teacher Education (CITE) at Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan. She received the Fulbright Foreign Language Teaching Program fellowship (2018-2019) and the P.E.O International Peace Scholarship for two consecutive years (2022-2024). She holds a bachelor’s degree in English Education from the University of Lagos, Nigeria, and a master’s in Cross-Cultural and International Education from Bowling Green State University, Ohio. Her research includes a decolonial and Global South epistemologies approach to language policies and practices of African and African (im)migrant families; the nexus between parenting, languaging, and gifting; multilingualism, Less Commonly Taught Languages (LCTLs) pedagogy, and home-school-community educational collaboration to enhance African and African (im)migrant children’s development and sense of belonging.