Education
1990 – AMI Montessori Elementary Training Certification, Washington, DC
1989 – Community College Teaching Certification, State of Arizona
1988 – M.A. English/TESL, Arizona State University
1985 – B.A. Liberal Arts/German, Arizona State University
1984 – AMI Montessori Primary Training Certification, Phoenix, AZ
1979 – University of Vienna Institute for Translators & Interpreters, Vienna, Austria
Employment
2012 – Present. Owner/Director/Elementary Instructor
1998 – 2012. Owner and Director/Lead Elementary instructor, Dynamite Montessori, Inc.
1996 – 1998. Elementary Instructor, Montessori Day Schools
1996. Summer ESL Instructor, American Language & Culture Program, ASU. English 071 Instructor, South Mountain Community College
1986 – 1996. Elementary Instructor, Tempe Montessori School
1983 – 1985. Primary Directress, Khalsa Montessori School
1981 – 1983. Primary Directress, Small World Montessori, Dover, DE
1978 – 1981. ESL Instructor, Refugee Learning Center, Traiskirchen, Austria. Coordinator of English language activities with Intergovernmental Committee for European Migration
1976 – 1981. ESL Instructor, Austro-American Institute,Vienna, Austria.
ESL Instructor, Vienna Volkshochschulverband, Vienna, Austria
Languages
English – mother tongue
German – fluent
Spanish – conversational