She has an MA in English with emphasis on Teaching English as a Second Language and an MA in Educational Technology from Pepperdine University. She has taught online courses for the New School of Social Research and teaches technology and second language learning at California State University, Fullerton. She is on the CATESOL board as a technology consultant and has served in a leadership position in the CALL Interest Section. She helped pioneer TELL (Technology Enhanced Language Learning) Interest Group for CATESOL. The ESL MiniConference Online newsletter is pleased to share Professor Gaer's comments from a recent interview.