Before I received a Bachelors degree in music at Northwestern University, I was an accomplished pianist from the age of five. I began to be interested in singing in high school and was apparently good enough to land the leads in three of them. I also performed at another all boys academy in the area one year.
I began my professional opera career with Chicago Opera Theater the year I graduated NU. Since that time, I have performed with various companies in Chicago; and in 1998, I was chosen among over 100 singers to sing a role in Milan, Italy. During the period between 2000 and 2005, I taught voice lessons as a private contractor at New Trier High School (Winnetka) and Niles North (Skokie). I was responsible for organizing studio recitals in which I accompanied the students myself on the piano.
In 2005, I chose to complete a Masters degree in Psychology from National-Louis University and wrote my thesis on "Bullying in the Workplace." It was a subject that was close to home, not only from the testimonies of friends and acquaintances, but indeed, my own experience working in corporate for a year and a half to supplement my income while in school.
I became interested in teaching English as a second language when I housed an exchange student from France in 2004. Since that time, I completed 20 hours of in-person Practicum Training, student teaching and Class Lesson Planning activities at the TEFL Institute in Chicago. I am a committed and fully invested teacher who cares about my students and their goals in earnest. I have excellent references and am ready to jump in to the opportunities available to teach the English language to students of all ages.