MILANNA G.

Milanna G. is working towards completing her B.Ed in Secondary Education at St. Mary’s University. She currently has Bachelor of Arts degrees in English and Psychology from Mount Royal University. Her practicum experience allowed her to work in a range of disciplines from junior high English and Drama to high school English and Art as well as assisting in elementary classes and other school events. Her passion is reading and writing and she is devoted to and skilled in 16th-20th century literature, drama, and poetry. She is actively learning more about Indigenous Education, assisting diverse learners and how to best support them, and finding new strategies on teaching and learning. She wants to inspire passion and the joy of reading and writing to the youth, to help coach students to develop their skills for their education journey and to help make the discipline a rewarding and positive experience.

Stephanie K.

Stephanie is currently pursuing a Bachelor of Science (BSc) at the University of Toronto, specializing in Human Biology with minors in Human Physiology and Italian. With a passion for healthcare and education, she has developed strong analytical and organizational skills through various roles in the medical and academic fields.
In addition to her medical experience and academic journey, Stephanie has a strong foundation in education, having tutored students in biology, chemistry, and math from grades 8 to 12. Her ability to simplify complex concepts has helped students improve their understanding and confidence in these subjects. Her diverse skill set, commitment to excellence, and passion for helping others make her a valuable asset in any healthcare or educational setting.

Amadou D.

I am a Primary Junior/Intermediate qualified teacher working with Peel District School Board. My extensive educational background and my ability to speak fluent French, Italian, Arabic, Fulani, and Wolof make me an excellent asset for your French Language Programs. In addition, having lived in three continents has provided me with numerous opportunities to enhance my communication skills thereby making me a strong and a viable candidate to your team. As a Glendon College graduate with a Bilingual Degree with qualifications in French as a Second Language, I am a strong promoter of French as a Second Language.

My role as a classroom teacher has allowed me to work collaboratively with classroom teachers to plan, teach and implement a variety of lessons that incorporated balanced literacy, and differentiated instruction. In addition, I had numerous opportunities to use a variety of learning and assessment strategies to effectively support learners. My involvement in a number of community building events (tutoring with the board and Literacy Nights) allowed me to establish and maintain many positive working relationships with the parent community of the school. My extra-curricular involvement allowed me to better understand equity, diversity, and social justice concerns that are an integral part of the lives of the families serviced by the community.

I am very passionate about assisting students with achieving academic and life success; this passion contributes to my unique ability to build healthy rapport with students, within a very short period of time. Through effective classroom management strategies that promote positive student behaviour, I am able to build effective relationships that inspire success, confidence and hope in each student. This along with my desire to create, foster, and assist all students to reach their highest academic potential while preparing them to be empathetic citizens of the world.

Christina G.

While completing her undergraduate studies at McGill, Christina tutored on behalf of the Sociology department, preparing students for upcoming exams and assignments. As well, Christina volunteered at the essay writing center, where she edited and assisted students with papers.

Christina is passionate about literacy and believes that skills in reading and writing are fundamental to success in any subject. She has worked extensively with students with developmental and processing problems, working to help the students overcome difficulties and obstacles. She is trained and very experienced in SAT and SSAT preparation as well as assisting students with writing personal statements of excellence. She teaches students studying skills, test-taking strategies, and how to overcome test-related anxiety. As well, Christina specializes in preparing students to transition from public to private schools. Her preparation is exhaustive, including test-taking prep, interview prep for the student, and interview prep for the parents.

Christina believes in developing and fostering relationships with each student to create a comfortable environment that allows the students to flourish and learn. She is a firm advocate for different learning styles and tries to incorporate a variety of techniques that deviate from standardized education, as she considers each student’s learning style to be unique and accommodable.

Julia G.

Julia is a teacher candidate at York University’s concurrent education program. She aims to teach the Intermediate/Senior age groups when she graduates from university. She completed her undergrad at York University with a major in theatre and a minor in history. Julia has gained most of her teaching experience through working with different age groups at daycares and previous tutoring opportunities. Prior to university, Julia has tutored different subject matters including english, geography, history, and the arts.

Aside from her passion for teaching, Julia has worked as an assistant manager at a retail store and volunteered with drama camps over multiple summers. Julia used to take dance and singing lessons recreationally throughout her childhood. She also enjoys music and movies that she can share with others. Julia is very passionate when working with students and aims for each student to leave working with her to enjoy at least one element of what they have learned together.

Marzia O.

Marzia earned a Ph.D. in political science from the University of Michigan. She completed her undergraduate education in Italy and obtained master’s degrees in Switzerland and the United States. As a college instructor and tutor, Marzia has developed extensive experience teaching, advising, and mentoring students across a wide array of subjects, ranging from political science and civics, writing, and statistics. She is passionate about supporting students’ growth and helping them develop self-confidence and realize their full potential.

Lucía L.

Lucía L. was born and raised in Bogotá, Colombia. In Colombia, she attended an Italian immersion school for twelve years. She moved to Canada in 2014 and graduated from York University with a BFA in Dance. Since graduation, Lucía has worked as a professional dancer and teacher for over five years. Simultaneously she worked as a Student Recruiting Associate at The Bishop Strachan School, interviewing and assessing Junior School and Boarding School student applicants. At BSS, she developed strong relationships with incoming students and families and learned different teaching and learning methods from exceptional faculty. Lucía is a Master of Teaching (Primary/Junior) candidate at OISE, University of Toronto. She enjoys teaching Math, Spanish and Italian, supporting students studying skills and strategies. She is an enthusiastic and creative teacher passionate about building confidence in students learning.

Bavjola G. S.

Dr. Bavjola G. is an Associate Professor of Literature with 17 plus years of experience in the academia teaching at the undergraduate and graduate level classes of literature and humanities. She has 5 years of experience teaching languages and literature and tutoring one-on-one middle school, high school and baccalaureate students.

Since 2016, she is Principal Examiner for Albanian Literature at International Baccalaureate ((IB), Cardiff; Wales.

She obtained the B.A. in Linguistics and Literature with honors (Excellent Student Medaland as valedictorian) and her M.A. in Albanian Literature and Literary Studies at the University of Tirana. She holds a doctorate in Literary studies, earned at the Institute if Linguistics and Literature (Tirana) in 2011. Dr. Gami is author of 3 monographs in the field of literary studies, co-author of 3 books, co-editor of a volume of essays on Anglophone language and literaturesand has contributed with chapters in 6 volumes of selected essays and in 1 encyclopedia all published in UK, USA, Netherlands, Montenegro, and Albania.

Dr. Gami Shatro has conducted research and presented lectures in the field of literary studies, comparative literature and teaching methodologies in various universities (Pennsylvania State University, University of Mississippi, University of Salamanca (Spain), University of Turku (Finland), Abo Akademi University (Finland), and University of Pavia (Italy).

Dr. Gami Shatro teaches courses of Literature, English, Italian, Writing and composition, Albanian language and literature etc.  Her many years of contribution in the field of education have convinced her that the skills which make students excel at the university can be noticed and should be encouraged in the preceding stages of the education. Therefore Dr. Gami is committed to supporting students understand early in their schooling the many ways literature, languagesand writing help us develop as individuals, as students and as future professionals bringing forth to a fruitful joining the students’ talents, interests and unique personality traits. To Dr. Gami this is the most fulfilling and inspiring side of being an educator.

Meryl R.

I am Meryl R. and I tutor French, Spanish, English, Writing and English as a Second Language. I am a licensed and experienced teacher. I am comfortable working with students of all ages. Teaching and learning has always been my passion. Exam coming up? Assignment due? Need an update on your work? Feeling overwhelmed or lost? Need to write an essay or college entrance exam? I can help! I make learning fun and easy. I am an animal lover. We share our home with three dogs (a Golden Doodle and two Brussels Griffons) and parrots. The house is rarely quiet, but we wouldn’t have it any other way! Two parrots are excellent talkers and have a prolific vocabulary. So I teach people as well as birds! I also love to travel and just returned from Cabo, Mexico, with my family and a few friends who are family. There is nothing like spending quality time with people I love. Knitting and needlepoint are passions of mine. An outstanding accomplishment was teaching a 16-year-old student to knit. I’m a teacher at heart. I teach mah jongg and canasta, too!

Mark F.

Mark is a nationally recognized dynamic and results-oriented language instructor and bestselling author and with 35 years of experience in teaching and tutoring Spanish, French, Italian, Portuguese, Business English and ESL. Mark has a proven track record of motivating his students to want to learn. Mark is talented at increasing student academic performance and improving fluency by providing creative, engaging, and immersive language learning environments that foster student participation and academic excellence.

Mark, a former keynote speaker for the Illinois Council on the Teaching of Foreign Language, is gifted in relating to and erasing students’ insecurities regarding language learning. Mark himself was denied access to a French class in middle school because his Algebra scores were too low, and when he finally made it to a French class, he found that he did not understand the grammar.

From these humble beginnings, Mark found the key to mastering languages and went on to earn a BA in Spanish/French Education from Illinois State University and a master’s degree from the University of Illinois where he was rated as an excellent instructor by his language students. He is currently certified by the State of Illinois to teach Spanish and French at grade levels 6-12. Mark also holds a Master Certificate in TEFL/TESOL awarded by Bridge Education Group.

Mark is friendly, approachable, energetic, and vibrant. A true expert multilingual language teacher, Mark is fluent in English, Spanish, French, Italian and Portuguese. He created and recorded the entire foreign language program line for Macmillan Audio of New York in 9 different languages, including the bestselling “Behind the Wheel Spanish” program. For over a quarter of a century, Mark has created and produced many bestselling language programs in Spanish, French, Italian, Portuguese and ESL for Spanish speakers.

Mark happily brings to your student thirty years of language teaching success. He has studied and/or taught and tutored languages at the private school, high school, and university levels at institutions such as the University of Illinois in Champaign-Urbana Illinois, Illinois State University in Normal, Illinois, the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque, l”Université de Grenoble in St. Martin d’Hères, French, la Universidad Ibero-Americana in Mexico City, and the Universidad Católica in Quito, Ecuador. He now warmly welcomes your student(s) to learn with him.