Fun Facts

I love culture. I was born in Cape Verde, grew up in Paris, France, and lived in Senegal and Portugal. That's where my love for languages came from. I come from a large family, 9 siblings. In our home, we used to switch between our native language (Criollo) and French. This allowed us to remain fluent in both languages. My favorite hobby is reading. I also love writing and visiting museums. As a teenager and until my early adult life, I used to be a hip hop dancer. I did lots of shows in Europe.

About Me

I have a graduate degree from Southern New Hampshire University and a Bachelor's degree from Salem State University. I used to be a soccer player in college. I played in some good teams for four years. We won a lot of games around the US. I also won individual awards such as All American and was part of All New England teams for 4 years. What I am most proud of is the fact that as a student athlete, I also succeed academically earning a 3.5 GPA and being part of all academics teams, Dean Lists.

Experience

When I was in college (Salem State), I founded a Spanish Club at the local Boys and Girl's club where I tutor about 1-12 students twice/week. I also worked at Salem State after graduating in 2000 as a Assistant of Communications. My main job was to help students write their essays and compositions for their English classes. This job required intense one on one sessions with every student (we had about 150 students in this program). This experience was gratifying and one that I will never forget.

Approach

I like to work one on one with students. The best way to teach is to have conversations with the students, help them with pronunciations and explaining the meaning of each word or phrase. I tend to challenge students in a way that they can find the answer, solutions on their own. When I first arrived in France as a child, I did not know French but I learned quickly (in less that 6 months) because of intensive work and one on one sessions with my teachers, tutors whom I give lots of credit.