Drew Saunders received their Genetics and German undergraduate degrees at the University of Texas at Austin and is currently in the PhD program for German. They are from Austin, Texas, and many of their relatives are Texas Germans. They learned German as a child from their mother and began teaching German at the German Texas Heritage Society in high school. They have proctored for the Texas State German contest and learned of the project after taking a class with Dr. Boas. Texas German is one of their passions and they are looking forward to helping in preserving the language.