ESL Instructor

Biography

Life in General

• After a career with the US Government—including managing 80+ member organizations, working on multi-million dollar budgets, traveling to places like Turkey and Central America and living in the UK—took an early retirement option and, quite suddenly but happily, began a new life as an ESL teacher.
• Loves include:  travel, family, outdoor pursuits (hiking, biking, gardening, canoeing) and all kinds of music

Teaching Experience

• HCC, Columbia, Maryland, USA – 2 ½ years
• US Government, Maryland, and UK – provided writing and other training

Education

• BA (French) from Moravian College, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, USA

Professional Associations

• Member of Maryland and national TESOL organizations
• Publicity Team Leader for TESOL ’03 Convention in Baltimore, Maryland

Languages

• French
• Some German; can also greet students in Farsi, Russian, Spanish and Turkish!