California State University, Northridge/ Master of Arts in Linguistics with a Concentration in TESL

Teaches NC ESL Levels 2, 4, 5; NC ESL Speech 2

Area of Interest: Phonology

Fun Fact: My favorite word in the English language is wanderlust - a longing to travel.

Master's in TESL and Linguistics from California State University, Northridge 

Teaches Credit, Noncredit ESL courses, Environmental Science, and English Literature

Area of Interest: I am interested in literature, history, philosophy, cultural studies, geography, and sciences. 

Fun Fact: Did you know that humans are the only species known to blush?

Bachelor of Education, University of Toronto, Bachelor of Arts, York University, TESOL Certification, University of San Diego 

Teaches NC ESL Levels 0, 1, 2 & 3

Area of Interest: educational technology and creating information gap activities that are interactive and collaborative.  

Fun Fact: I’ve been to 14 national parks. 

Master of Arts in Education Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL)

Teaches English as a Second Language non-credit courses

Area of Interest: I love conversing with people, during work and in my free time!

Fun Fact: I am from New York.

Master of Arts Teaching of English as a Second Language, 2014

Teaches multiple levels of ESL from entry level to level 6

Area of Interest: 

Fun Fact: I enjoy teaching English to our students and learning from them too. What a privilege it is to meet and get to know people from all over the world. 

Fun fact: In my free time, I like to program helpful tools and learn about the brain.

Master's Degree in TESOL

Teaches Noncredit ESL levels 1 and 2, Speech 2 

Area of Interest: linguistics, language and culture, and law and policy

Fun Fact: I enjoy feeding hummingbirds in my backyard and reading books about comparative religion. 

M.S. in Educational Counseling, National University

Teaches Levels 1 and 3

Area of Interest: I’d like to develop strategies to make grammar lessons more accessible and practical for ESL learners

Fun Fact: I can play piano and have 7 years of music school background

Teaches ​​​​​​all levels of ESL 

Area of Interest: Role of gamification in language learning 

Fun Fact: Every year, I set a reading goal of at least 24 books. The only year I didn't reach my goal was the year I watched all the seasons of TWD on Netflix. 

MA TESOL Azusa Pacific University 

Teaches ​​​​​​multi-skill ESL levels: 0, 1, 2, 3 & 4 , ESL - Multi-level Writing Skills Course, Voc. Ed - ESL for entrepreneurs with a marketing focus, Voc. Ed - ESL for Home Health Aides, Voc. Ed- Workplace and Job readiness skills, ESL Conversation levels 1 & 2, Pronunciation Levels 1 & 2

Area of Interest: My focus as an ESL instructor is to teach students the skills to connect with the people and communities around them and obtain their career and family goals related to English. 

Fun Fact: I love to scuba dive and garden, and I am currently learning to ski. 

MA in English with ESL Cert. from CSUN

Teaches ​​​​​​Reading/Writing

Area of Interest: I write poetry and enjoy reading international poets for sharing cultural differences while expressing universal truths

Fun Fact: Let's thank the Normans for invading England and providing the great vowel shift and all those silent e's, so that we now say "Wife" instead of "Wif."

M.F.A, English/Writing, Mills College at Northeastern University.

Teaches ​​​​​​ESL NC (All levels) ESLCVCS NC (All Levels) ESL NC Speech (1&2) 

Area of Interest: My current area of interest is adapting online and technological resources for use in face-to-face classrooms.

Fun Fact: As an undergraduate majoring in English Literature, I studied Mandarin at Tsinghua University in the People’s Republic of China.

Teaches ​​​​​​NC ESL levels 0,1,2,3, 4, speech 1

Area of Interest: I am a lover of languages and cultures around the world. 

Fun Fact: I am fluent in English, Spanish, and Hebrew.

M.A. in TESL/Applied Linguistics; UCLA

Teaches upper-level Grammar, Reading/Writing, and Speech:​​​​​​ ESL NC 015, 016, 018, 23, 24

Area of Interest: Language acquisition

Department role: Giver of hugs

Fun Fact: I like creating connections between students through projects requiring their creativity.

Teaches ​​​​​​Beginning Conversation, Speech 2, Levels 1, 2, 3 & 6  

Area of Interest: Building community through language and personal experience 

Fun Fact: I enjoy traveling and learning about other cultures. 

Teaches ​​​​​​various levels of ESL in California and overseas

Area of Interest: I have a passion for helping students acquire English language proficiency, both in-person and online, including communication effectiveness, cultural adaptation, and social sensitivity to diversity.

Fun Fact: I love to dance and in the past performed with various groups in a variety of genres!