Olga Sokorova

Education:
PhD in Linguistics
From September 2025 - Doctoral Researcher in Cognition and Language Sciences and Neurosciences, Universidade Católica Portuguesa

Professional Experience:
• Educator with over 20 years of experience in public, private, and non-governmental educational institutions
• Specialist in children’s bilingualism, multilingualism, and language development
• Teaching and curriculum development for children and adults
• Extensive experience working with adult learners, including conversation practice classes focused on real-life communication
• Educator and business leader with over 10 years of management experience
• Research and academic work focused on language acquisition, multilingualism, and child language development

About Me:
I am deeply passionate about children’s literature and its role in language development. I built and curate the largest private library of contemporary Russian-language children’s literature for young readers in Lisbon, Portugal. My academic and professional interests focus on Russian–Portuguese bilingualism, heritage language development, and migration contexts, particularly post-2022 migration and the integration of Russian- and Ukrainian-speaking children into European educational systems.