About Us
MULTILINGUAL LITTLES
You don't have to speak the language to give your child the language.
Raising a multilingual child can feel overwhelming, especially when you don't speak the language yourself.
Multilingual Littles was created to make multilingual parenting more accessible, practical, and achievable for families everywhere.
Our founder knows this experience firsthand. English is the only language she speaks fluently, yet she has raised her toddler with English, Mandarin, and Spanish as part of their everyday language environment. Along the way, she discovered that parents don't have to be fluent in a language to create meaningful opportunities for their children to learn and use it. That insight is at the heart of Multilingual Littles.
Our Approach
We believe multilingual parenting should be:
Practical. Strategies that work in real family life, not unrealistic expectations or complicated routines.
Accessible. You don't need to be fluent in a language to support your child's development in it.
Sustainable. Creating consistent opportunities for language exposure, connection, and use that can grow with your child.
From digital resources and educational materials to personalized consulting, we help parents build a multilingual environment that works for their child, their family, and their circumstances.
Who We Help
Multilingual Littles is for parents who:
- Want to raise a child with multiple languages
- Want to introduce a language they don't speak themselves
- Are supporting a heritage or family language
- Are raising children in a multilingual household
- Don't know where to begin or how to maintain momentum
- Want practical, realistic strategies they can use at home
Whether you're just beginning your multilingual journey or looking for better ways to support the languages already in your child's life, you don't have to figure it out alone.
Raising a multilingual child isn't about creating a perfect language environment.
It's about creating opportunities for connection, consistency, and a love of languages that can grow with your child.
Welcome to Multilingual Littles!
Our Mission
At Multilingual Littles, our mission is to celebrate the power of language, culture, and connection in every child’s development. We believe that growing up with more than one language is a gift, one that strengthens a child’s sense of identity, expands their understanding of the world, and creates meaningful connections with family, community, and culture.
We are committed to supporting multilingual children and the families who nurture them by creating welcoming, inclusive, and engaging experiences where every language is valued and every child feels seen, heard, and understood. We strive to help children develop confidence in their languages while fostering curiosity, communication, social-emotional growth, and a lifelong love of learning.
We recognize that families are at the heart of a child’s language journey. That’s why we partner with parents and caregivers by providing practical resources, guidance, and tools that make it easier to nurture language development at home and incorporate meaningful opportunities for communication into everyday life. We believe parents should feel empowered to use their home languages proudly and confidently, knowing that every conversation, story, song, and shared moment contributes to their child’s growth.
Our mission extends beyond teaching words and languages. We aim to create spaces where children can embrace their whole identity, celebrate their family’s cultures and traditions, and develop a strong sense of belonging. By honoring the many languages spoken in our homes and communities, we hope to help raise confident, connected, and compassionate children who understand that speaking more than one language is something to be celebrated.
At Multilingual Littles, we believe every language tells a story, every family brings something special, and every little voice deserves to be heard!
Our Founder
Hola!
Multilingual Littles was created for parents who want to give their children the gift of another language, even when they don’t speak that language themselves.
I created Multilingual Littles to make multilingual parenting feel simple, realistic, and joyful. You don’t need to be fluent, spend hours teaching, or turn your home into a classroom. With the right tools and simple routines, you can make language a natural part of your child’s everyday life.
A Little About Me
I’m a Los Angeles native and a mom raising my children to speak English, Spanish, and Mandarin, alhough I’m only fluent in English. I have a Master’s degree in Industrial-Organizational (I-O) Psychology from the University of Southern California. I spent my career in executive recruiting, hiring C-suite leaders for companies including FOX Entertainment, HelloFresh,
eBay, and many more. I later joined Facebook, where I recruited for its Reality Labs division.
Then, when I was six months pregnant, I was laid off.
What felt like a major career setback unexpectedly gave me the opportunity to become a stay at home mom. During that time, I decided I wanted to raise my children to speak three languages, when I only spoke one. That’s when I began figuring out how to make multilingual exposure work in our everyday life. I quickly realized I wasn’t the only parent wondering: Do I need to speak the language? How much exposure is enough? What should I actually do every day? Multilingual Littles was created to help answer those questions.
My goal is simple: to make multilingual parenting feel more doable, practical, and engaging.
You don’t have to be fluent. You just have to start.
Let’s raise Multilingual Littles one little moment at a time!
Cheers,
Cathy