Emily

Profession: Private English Teacher in Tokyo, Japan

Interests: I love watching all types of sports, but especially basketball. My favorite player is Stephen Curry. I really enjoy outdoor activities, like hiking, going to parks, and riding my bicycle. I am a good cook and love to try out new recipes. In my down time I watch a lot of Netflix and read - I am usually reading two or three books at a time! I have been living in Japan for over a year and am studying Japanese, so I understand the struggles of learning a new language!

Education: TEFL Certificate from International TEFL Academy
Masters Degree in Tax Accounting from The University of Washington
Bachelors Degree in Business Administration from The University of Washington

Spoken Languages: English (Native: US / Canada), Japanese (Basic)

Dave

Profession: Management Consulting
Entrepreneurship
Providing advisory to startups

English Tutor
English Language Instruction
Providing English business to adults in China

Interests: Travelled to Asia, Africa, Middle East and Canada. I love the growth of entrepreneurship and how it will change peoples lives. I think nature is a lost art, especially ants and the notion of team work, I used to be a freelance photographer and one day I will have my very own creative entrepreneurship academy for kids and teenagers.

Smiling keeps you healthy :-)

Education: Business Information System - International Trade
Entrepreneurship
Business, International relation, Trade

Spoken Languages: English (Native: UK), Italian (Basic)

Michael O'D

Profession: Bartending, Television production, Tutoring.

Interests: I love music, cooking, travel, eating, all things Italian, technology and nature.

Education: Bachelor of Communications in Radio and Television Arts at Ryerson University, Toronto. Minor in English.

Spoken Languages: English (Native: US / Canada), Italian (Conversational), French (Basic)

EnglishWithMol

Interests: Since a young age I have had a passion for languages. I have been speaking Spanish since I was 6 years old and have a passion for learning other languages. I have had great opportunities to live abroad, including Cyprus and Barcelona. I love to learn more about people and their cultures.

Spoken Languages: English (Native: UK), Spanish (Conversational), Italian (Basic)

Omaima E

Profession: Project Manager

Interests: Travelling - Languages - Reading - Cooking - Dancing - Teaching.

Education: MA IN SPECIALISED TRANSLATION from Roehampton University, London.
120 HOUR TESOL COURSE
BA IN LANGUAGE AND COMMUNICATION

Spoken Languages: English (Native: UK), Arabic (Native), Italian (Conversational), Spanish (Basic)

James

Profession: English Teacher and Tutor
English Language Instruction, Education, Teaching, Training and Development
I have over 13 years of experience teaching English language learners of all ages and levels in the United States and internationally.

Interests: I love photography, the outdoors, fishing, reading, music, art, nature, people, pop culture, traveling, backpacking, camping

Education: Post Graduate Certificate in Teaching English as a Second Language
Education, English Language Instruction
TESL Methodology, Theories of Language Learning and Language Teaching. Linguistics (Phonology, Morphology, Syntax, Semantics)

B.A. English Literature and History
Education
Literature, working with a wide range of literary genres and analytical approaches. History, social and family history of world cultures.

Spoken Languages: English (Native: US / Canada), Indonesian (Basic), Spanish (Basic)

Sarah Turtletaub

Profession: Development
Non-profit, Entrepreneurship
I have worked in development over the past several years to help different organizations grow as well as sustain the work they are doing.

Counseling Intern
Education
I am currently in graduate school to become a licensed professional counselor. I am eager to finish my schooling and with great anticipation, I look forward to joining the helping profession.

Interests: I am a mother and wife. I love learning, traveling, and cooking. My family and I have lived overseas in Indonesia for four year and have been back in Texas for the past few years. Learning Indonesian was not easy for me, but I loved the relationship I had with my tutors, and they have inspired me to become a tutor for others learning English.

Education: MA in History
Education
I have my Masters of Arts in History from the University of Texas in Austin.

Counseling
Education
I am currently in graduate school for becoming a counselor in clinical mental health!

Spoken Languages: English (Native: US / Canada), Indonesian (Conversational)

Laura

Profession: Hospitality and Retail
Hospitality and Tourism, Customer Support, Retail
Throughout my life, I have worked with people from all over the world, learning how to communicate when we don't share the same native language and how to help them adjust to the language and culture while also learning theirs.

Teaching
Education
Throughout my life, I have acquired a huge amount of experience in teaching people new skills. For example, assisting Equine therapy, language summer camps and I have been giving private language tutoring classes for several years.

Interests: I am a patient, understanding, passionate and creative person.
When teaching, particularly a student who is struggling, I am patient and understanding of each individual’s abilities.
I embrace my passion and convey this enthusiasm onto the learners.
I use creativity to facilitate different methods of learning to hold the attention of each individual student.

Education: Bachelor of Arts
Education
I have completed a 3 year Bachelor of Arts degree, majoring in modern languages.

Spoken Languages: English (Native: UK), Spanish (Conversational), Irish (Fluent)

Tommy Kudo

Profession: SCUBA Instructor

Interests: I love to travel!! I have an endless amount of stories on my experiences in exotic countries and i could talk about them all day! I love to share stories about my favourite countries, the people, activities and the FOOD!
Another of my main passions in life is SCUBA Diving!

Education: Bachelor of Arts in Music studies
TEFL certificate

Spoken Languages: English (Native: UK), French (Basic)

Sandi

Interests: Fun with friends, travelling, animals, safari and languages. I like to learn and teach!

Spoken Languages: English (Native: US / Canada), French (Conversational), Spanish (Conversational)

Naomi D

Profession: English Tutor
Teaching
I have taught a variety of foreign students since 2017 and love doing it.
I currently own my own local tutoring company that was inspired by Cambly!

Interests: My interest include learning laguages and the cultures behind those languages, traveling, cooking, baking, teaching, and having an adventure!

Education: I am currently obtaining my BA in science of Education, but I currently hold a Associates degree in Secondary English.

Spoken Languages: English (Native: US / Canada), French (Basic)

Iman

Profession: Management
Government
I'm a manager of a team of employees within my department. I deal with complex cases on a daily, project management and HR related taskings.

Interests: I love painting, drawing, baking/cooking, gaming, watching football (soccer) as well as movies. I usually spend my free time doing at least one of these things but recently, I have been focusing on art.

I'd love to know what your interests are!

Education: Honors B.A in Organizational Communications
Advertising
University of Ottawa

Spoken Languages: English (Native: US / Canada), French (Native)

Tiia T

Interests: Exercising, being out doors, animals, food and traveling. Mental health is my passion so would love to talk about topics related to mindfulness, stress relief, and having a more positive outlook on life!

Education: Masters in Counselling and Psychotherapy
Mental Health
Really interested in advocating for mental health

Spoken Languages: English (Native: US / Canada), Finnish (Native)

Stephen Griego

Profession: Academic English Results
Teaching, Writing and Journalism, English Language Instruction
Owner of Academic English Results, a service dedicated to providing high-quality IELTS and FCE exam preparation, in addition to academic editing services.

University of South Wales
English Language Instruction
Pre-sessional instructor for international students entering university. Achieved objectives of students reaching a minimum 6.5 IELTS score

Academic Specialist - AmeriCorps
Education
Full-time civil service assignment, achieved objective of raising students' level by full letter grade

English Teacher - GEPIK
English Language Instruction
Teach English to Korean speakers ages 12-14 in a classroom setting

Interests: I have taught in countries all over the world, from South Korea to the United States, the United Kingdom, Morocco, and Spain. I have experience with students from a wide range of language backgrounds, including Chinese, Arabic, Portuguese, Korean, Spanish, Japanese, French and Turkish. I have taught in a number of contexts from one-on-one online to university classroom. I love to read, history, nature, TV and movies, travel, and languages.

Education: Master in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages
Education, English Language Instruction
The emphasis of my degree is English for Academic Purposes, with a majority of my research involving effective approaches to teaching academic writing, the effective methods of spoken and written error correction

Bachelor in English - Creative Writing
Education
Comprehensive exploration of English language in various subjects, including non-fiction and literary origins

Spoken Languages: English (Native: US / Canada), Spanish (Fluent)

Steve Hogg

Interests: Music, politics, aviation, reading, walking in the countryside, listening to podcasts, family time.

Education: MBA, TEFL Certificate, PPL
Entrepreneurship, Aviation, English Language Instruction, Government
I have a business masters degree (MBA), a TEFL Certificate and a Private Pilot Licence

Spoken Languages: English (Native: UK), Spanish (Basic)

Hugh Birky

Profession: I have worked in construction, landscaping, and have performed as a semi-professional musician.

Interests: I'm an American Ninja Warrior, I like tennis, Rocket League, Harry Potter, Star Wars, Marvel, anime, movies in general, I am extremely into music (I play four instruments), I have traveled and lived in both Ecuador and Costa Rica, and I love the sciences.

Education: Currently studying at Goshen College for a Liberal Arts degree in Engineering Physics with a minor in Spanish

Spoken Languages: English (Native: US / Canada), Spanish (Conversational)

Taren

Profession: Engineering

Interests: Travel, Cuisine, Cooking, Learning about different cultures, Reading, Sailing, Hiking, Dancing, Biking, etc.

Education: I am studying Software Engineering at Penn State.

Spoken Languages: English (Native: US / Canada), Spanish (Fluent)

Brandon Wall

Profession: Teacher/Tutor

Interests: Currently living in and exploring South America!
I enjoy reading philosophy, science fiction, and adventure books.
I also play both the bass and the guitar. I enjoy playing psychedelic and alternative rock and roll music with my friends!
I am thoroughly interested in politics, religion, culture, and science, and believe that no topic is off limits. As such I love having deep, interesting, and weird conversations about everything under the sun!

Education: BA in Biology from the University of Delaware

TEFL certified from the International TEFL Academy

Spoken Languages: English (Native: US / Canada), Spanish (Fluent)

Natasha R

Profession: Teacher Trainer / Examiner

Interests: I've been teaching for 13 years at schools, language centres and universities. I've worked on three continents with children of all ages, groups and individuals.

Education: BA Degree (equivalent) in Foreign Language Education.

Spoken Languages: English (Native: UK), Spanish (Conversational)

Annie

Profession: I currently work in retail, I have worked in the past as a mortgage loan processor, chiropractic assistant and travel agent.

Interests: Hello! I am an aspiring ESL teacher with a passion for foreign language, culture and travel. I have spent some time living in the country of Belize and trying to teach myself Spanish as well as more recently basic ASL and Belize Kriol. I love the outdoors, hiking, boating, camping and gardening to name just a few of my hobbies. I am also interested in healthy eating and recipes, natural medicine, crafts and blogging. I would love to help you gain confidence in conversational English!

Education: 170-hour TESOL Certificate with Specialization in Teaching Online through ITTT.

Spoken Languages: English (Native: US / Canada), Spanish (Basic)