Maren Baetje-Mbaye studied applied linguistics and cultural sciences, holds a master’s degree in business psychology, and has been working in the localization industry since 2008. She thrives in her current role as localization project manager for GoTo. managing mergers and acquisitions and spin-off related projects. Maren’s primary preoccupations are figuring out workable practices in organizational development in terms of promoting a global-first mindset. In her spare time, she likes to keep herself busy with industrial and organizational psychology and connect with family and friends around the globe. Maren’s biggest (and yet to be mastered) challenge is to learn the Wolof language.