Nervous about moving overseas? Secrets from someone who’s done it.
When I met Alyssa, she was living in Quito, Ecuador, speaking Spanish all day and basically running an office in a language school. After only a few months, she was thriving there! I was so curious: What made her pack up and leave her life in the US? Was it everything she imagined? And what…
Where in the World is Katie?
While Katie Kastner volunteered with the Peace Corps in Morocco, she discovered that she sincerely enjoyed teaching English. So once she returned to the U.S., she completed English for Life’s TESOL course in Charleston while pursuing a Master of Arts in Teaching from The Citadel. Her goal was to return to the Middle East after…
Just for a year, before I get a “real” job…
Welcome to Retro-Thursdays, our version of “Where are They Now?” Jayson Gilbert signed up for our TESOL Certificate class in 2004. A recent college grad, he thought he might just do something interesting for a year or so before finding a “real job.” Something fun, with a little travel… We interviewed Jayson in 2007 (check…