Tanya Spronk’s prayer is that her work in literacy and education will engage minortized people around the world with “the life-and-hope-giving Word of God.”

Born and raised in Calgary, Tanya joined Wycliffe Canada in 2004 and shortly after moved to East Africa. For over 22 years, Tanya called Africa home – including 20 years in South Sudan, working as a Literacy & Education Coordinator and Consultant around the continent. In January 2026, she was asked to take up the role of Global Literacy & Education Coordinator for SIL, and is now based in Calgary, Alberta.

Working remotely, she works in close partnership with global teams, consultants, and partner organizations to establish, support, and monitor best practices in multilingual education and literacy initiatives. She is passionate about strengthening training efforts, supporting consultant development, and setting priorities for both personnel and resource development in SIL… all so children and adults can flourish by accessing literacy and education programs in their own languages. Tanya loves to see the doors of spirtial, social and economic opportunity open for people as they become literate in the languages they value the most.

Tanya is very excited about her role. She would love to have you be part of her team through prayer or finances.