Matteo Totime, originally from Kpong,Ghana, is a Graduate Instructor in the Department of Spanish at the University of Missouri, where he is completing his Master's degree in Language Teaching with a Minor in College Teaching. With nearly five years of experience teaching Spanish, Matteo’s academic interests encompass language pedagogy, cultural identity, and the intersection of language learning with community development. Passionate about cultural diversity, he is dedicated to promoting cross-cultural dialogue through language education.