Joachim Faust is a professional linguist, language teacher, and translator. He holds a Ph.D. in Slavic Languages and Literatures from the University of Kansas, and has spent his whole life learning and teaching different languages. In addition to teaching, in recent years Joachim has also been working as a language annotator and translator for an AI company. He is originally from Germany, and has been living in the U.S. for over 30 years.