Wednesday, July 1, 2026

WEDNESDAY — PERSPECTIVE & PRACTICE

“We are a multilingual country and have the potential to be a language powerhouse.”

— Amelia Tseng

A new census map redraws the country’s linguistic terrain: Chinese leads in 13 states, Vietnamese across Texas and the Plains, Portuguese through New England, Navajo and Dakota holding the Southwest. Read another way, it’s a map of underserved markets, multilingual talent pools, and communication blind spots: Leaders who treat linguistic diversity as infrastructure rather than afterthought are the ones who build the powerhouse Tseng describes. To learn more, Check out Mapped: America’s Most-Spoken Languages After English and Spanish.

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Stay safe. Stay healthy. Be strong. Lead well.

Chad