I prepared for teaching by attending the Université du Québec à Montréal where I earned a BA in Linguistics.  I continued my education on language acquisition at the University of Massachusetts.  I earned my Minnesota teaching licensure at Hamline University. I have been an educator for some 25 years with a diversity of assignments that has challenged me to work with every age group and proficiency level. 



My teaching evolves from the followingbeliefs:

• A foreign language is best learned with the support of culturally authentic context.
• Every learner is important, every student can learn MORE than one language, and every learning style can contribute to the learning community.
• Learning an other language better prepares us for this increasingly interdependent world, and it nurtures respect and appreciation for diversity. French is a language largely shared by the international community.
• Learning a language sets the stage for becoming a life long learner. Persistence, effort, and a sense of purpose are keys to success.