PROFESSIONAL FOREIGN LANGUAGE INSTRUCTOR

My language story started in Portland, Oregon back in 1991 when my parents signed me up for a French-immersion Preschool two blocks from our house. From preschool through 8th grade, I was in a full-immersion French schooling system. In 6th grade, I started Spanish. In 9th grade, German. For my undergraduate studies at Penn State, I majored in French and Francophone Studies, along with International Studies. I also received a Minor in German Studies. In 2008, I took a year off from college and went to the Nordfjord Folkehøgskole, a outdoor adventure boarding school in Sandane, Norway. In 2015, I lived in Itupeva, São Paulo, Brazil where I learned Portuguese and taught English, French and German. 

I have become a six-language speaking polyglot. My Master's of International Education, Teaching ESL Concentration was completed from Endicott College in 2019. 

My time working at language camps has taken me to many places over various years: 

-Longbridge English Language Camp (Aarburg, Switzerland) '15-17, '19-20, '22, '23, '25

- Hometown Europe (English), Ftan, Switzerland. Summers '06-09. (Concordia Language Villages, English)

-Skogfjorden (Norwegian), Bemidji, Minnesota, USA. Summers '10-12 (Concordia Language Villages)

-Hometown Brazil (English) Cabreúva, São Paulo, Brazil  July '10 (Concordia Language Villages)  

- Waldsee (German), Bemidji, Minnesota, USA. Winters '12-14, '16 (Concordia Language Villages)

- Lac du Bois (French) Bemidji, Minnesota, USA. Winters '12-14, '16 (Concordia Language Villages)

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