The question that motivates my research is, if we can put a man on the Moon with 100,000 [people], what can we do with 100 million?

The current business model for language education is the student pays — in particular, the student pays Rosetta Stone $500. The problem with this business model is that 95 percent of the world’s population doesn’t have $500.

It's hard to think of a time when I'm not working, but when that is the case, I like to travel and eat good food.

In 2011, after spending a couple of years working at Google, I decided that I wanted to dedicate myself to helping to transform education. I was particularly inspired by my upbringing in Guatemala, a poor country where high-quality educational opportunities are limited to those who have money.

I worked on a number of projects that were used by millions of people and that also served as inspiration to what we now call "crowd-sourcing."

[Captchas] are not only annoying, but they kill 10 seconds of your time.

I watch a lot of TV. That's how I spend most of my time outside of work. If I had more time, I would fill it 100 percent with watching TV.