Our board of directors shares one common belief. Children should start learning another language at an early age. The board helps guides us on how to spread world language education in New Hampshire and Maine.

Dennis Harrington is a retired principal with over 25 years of leading Moharimet Elementary School. He oversaw almost 80 teachers and staff and 375 students. His current mission is to incorporate foreign language education into elementary schools

Brandy Hardiman is a Marine Biologist and Marine Educator. For the past twenty years, Brandy has been educating the public about the local marine environment and climate change. Her work led her to Singapore where she focused on local and global conservation. Brandy has an undergraduate degree from the University of Maine and relative coursework from the University of Pittsburgh.

Yasmine Parsons graduated from Georgetown University and has a background in marketing and design before moving to Durham, NH. Having grown up speaking French at home, it was a natural fit for her to become a French teacher for One World Language School where she taught for five years to children in Kindergarten to 8th grade of varying academic levels. Even though she no longer teaches French, her passion for languages and the need to promote language learning for all children even at an early age remains strong and she became a board member for OWLS. This year is her sixth year on the board and she loves it. She also works part-time at UNH’s The Browne Center, coordinating experiential learning programs for students in elementary, middle school, high school, and university levels. She also does computer graphics and photography there. Yasmine is married and the mother of three children

Yvonne Aust studied Education and Sociology in Germany. She is an accomplished, energetic educator with a solid achievement in the field. She has worked at the German Embassy School in Beijing (China) and is currently teaching German at the German International School in Boston. Over the past 10 years, she has worked with One World in different roles: as Director of Project Development, as a German Foreign Language teacher and as a consultant and trainer at One World’s continuing education events. She enjoys her advisory role on the board. She strongly believes in the school’s mission to make language learning accessible for all.