Educational Technology Specialist, Tanika Perry-Vincent, works for Atlanta Public Schools and is a graduate of Spelman College (BA-Spanish), Georgia State University (MEd-Leadership) and Lincoln Memorial University (EdS-Curriculum and Instruction). She is a 29-year high school Spanish-teaching veteran and previously worked for the DeKalb County School District, Purdue University and Spelman College. Tanika is an Apple Learning Coach, a Google Trainer, and Microsoft Innovative Education Expert with a desire to share her passion to integrate technology to enhance classroom instruction, thereby improving student achievement with a special focus on World Language, ELL, DLI, Speech and Special Education classrooms. She also serves as a technology consultant for several private schools in the metro Atlanta area. Additionally, she is a member of the Leadership DeKalb Organization, Class of 2023, a dancer, actor, musical theatre artist, and a member of the Stone Mountain-Lithonia Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Incorporated, where she serves as the chair of the Grow With Google Black Women Lead Initiative, sponsored by Google and immediate past chair of the Arts and Letter committee.

"It is inspiring to empower people to be as creative as the imagination allows. I share my passion for technology integration by influencing & enhancing classroom instruction. Throughout my career, my excitement for innovative instruction has always led me to explore the unconventional possibilities of my classroom, pushing myself, my teachers and my students to think beyond the "obvious" and to have fun while we do it! We are all stars in this vast instructional space, flickering in this educational abyss at varied intensities at different times of the day. May we empower each other to radiate to our brightest shine, spreading our light and love for teaching and learning throughout classrooms world-wide!"