I graduated from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (Chapel Hill, NC, U.S.) in 2009 with a Bachelor’s in Communications. My studies provided me an excellent command of the English language, both oral and written. As a teacher’s assistant in a primary school, work experience has given me the skills to communicate effectively in a teacher/student environment, to assess developmental needs of students and create goals to meet those needs, to create and plan effective age-appropriate lessons and to teach students in an interactive, hands-on environment. With my work experience as a care professional for individuals with mental and/or physical developmental issues, I have mastered the skill of assessing developmental needs and drafting daily goals to ensure needs are met. I have also mastered documenting progress as a tool to ensure daily and overall goals are met. I relocated to Moscow, Russia as a result of my husband’s occupation as an American football player with the Moscow Patriots. While residing in Moscow, I conducted private English lessons for 4 students. Three of the 4 students were between the age of 4 and 5 years. The younger students were exposed to the English language through hands-on activities, including going into the community for real-life exposure. Private tutoring in Moscow, has given me hands-on experience with the Russian culture. I have been able to embrace and absorb a spectrum of Moscow’s wonderful culture as a result of teaching in various areas around the vast city. I have tutored students living near the famed Kremlin three times a week, students living in their second home located in Barvikha Village twice a week and numerous places in between. To not interrupt their daily living schedule and to expose the English language in a natural way, I constantly went out into the community with my younger clients. We would travel to various places, including the nearby park, shopping mall, restaurants and grocery store. These community activities improved my ability to teach in a private non-traditional environment. It also provided me the skill to create lessons spontaneously based on the child’s current interests. By the end of the initial 3 weeks, 2 of my 4-year-old students verbally recognized basic colors and the others verbally recognized different animals and short conversational phrases. Teaching an adult student, improved my formal teaching methods by sharpening my assessment skills and lesson planning abilities. In the short time I have taught English as a foreign language, I have gained a great amount of skill and experience. I am a genuine, patient, compassionate and hard working individual who enjoys the end-result of hearing the student speak, understand and write the English language. My hobbies include: Traveling, exploring and studying different cultures, reading, writing short stories and actively teaching my two year old daughter a variety of educational themes with activities such as a puppet show, singing, dancing, character play, etc.