Willie grew up in Kumasi, a city in Ghana. He completed a Bachelor's Degree in French with a minor in Political Studies from KNUST and his Master's in French Linguistics/SLA from the University of Arizona.  He is passionate about exploring the daily language use of African immigrants in the US context. He is also interested in finding answers to how we can teach foreign languages to prepare students in today's digitized world. He's equally done research on the Impact of Social Media on the lives of students in Benin, Africa. Wille is currently pursuing a doctoral degree in French Linguistics.