Claudia Ratay

Claudia Ratay has been a Library Associate for Pasco County (FL) Public Libraries at the South Holiday branch for over 3 years, where she is responsible for adult services including educational and social programming. She currently teaches a successful virtual English as a Second Language program for adults. Prior to joining the library system, Claudia worked as a corporate product development chemist as well as a public school teacher, adjunct professor, and ice skating coach. Her lifelong passion is languages. Claudia first discovered foreign language study in middle school and began her university career as a French major. Her current linguistic focus is learning Welsh, the heritage language of Wales. Claudia holds a doctoral degree in Polymer Science from Clemson University.