This College of Arts & Sciences interview with Elena Foulis, senior lecturer in the Department of Spanish and Portuguese, centers around her recently published open-access textbook for heritage language leaners of Spanish titled Mi idioma, mi comunidad: español para bilingües. The book explores culturally relevant topics such as arts, festivals, food, ethnography, oral history and digital lives through multimedia such as podcasts, videos, neighborhood maps and music to teach heritage learners Spanish.