Dr. Lou Nunes is the President of Academic Evaluation Services. She has over 30 years of experience serving the international education field in various roles, including Credentials Evaluator, Translator, Mentor, and Consultant. She is an author of several publications in foreign educational systems as well as a presenter at various professional conferences, including NAFSA, AACRAO and EAIE. Dr. Nunes is the author of the Country Study: Brazil, a joint AACRAO/NAFSA/PIER Project, 2004, and a contributor to AACRAO EDGE and NAFSA Online Guide. She holds a Ph.D. in Curriculum and Instruction from LSU. Dr. Nunes has been a NAFSA Trainer Corps Member since 2003. She is fluent in English, Portuguese and Spanish; she has working knowledge of French.