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Jordan Claxton joined the Asian Affairs Center in January 2022, working with the LEAD program as a program coordinator and instructor. He graduated from Missouri State University with a degree in Spanish and minor in international marketing. Jordan spent two years working as an interpreter and translator in Springfield, allowing him to learn more about the people and cultures of Latin America, while also honing his language abilities. He enjoys traveling and has visited Mexico several times and hopes to travel more extensively to Asia in the future.