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Catherine Barnhart, Executive Director, has a MS in Education Policy and Management from the University of Oregon. She has over 20 years experience working with international and minority students in higher education, and has directed numerous volunteers and students in non-profit education programs. This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it |
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Rachel Blackmer, Program Manager, has a BA in English literature from Brigham Young University. She has several years of experience teaching ESL, French, and Special Education classes. This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it |
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Beth Garstka, Volunteer Coordinator, has her BA in Humanities with an emphasis in Cross-Cultural Relations with a focus in Southeast Asian countries. She has taught English in Japan and speaks Japanese. This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it |
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Sarah Little, Empowering Parents Program Coordinator, has her BA in English and Music from Trinity College in San Antonio, TX. After completing her TESOL training in the Czech Republic, she stayed to teach at a language school in Prague. This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it |
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Jean Bingham, Program Specialist, has a MA in Education as well as an ESL teaching endorsement. She has taught ESL for several years. This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it |
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Amanda Thorderson, Program Specialist, has a Bachelor of Social Work from the University of Utah. She worked for the Salt Lake School District as an Alternate Language Services (ALS) Coordinator/Instructor and as a Family Outreach Worker serving at-risk families, including low English-proficient adult refugees and immigrants. She currently serves on the Salt Lake School District school board. This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it |
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Evariste Kabura, Refugee Program Coordinator, has a degree in education and taught young adults in a refugee camp in Tanzania. Evariste speaks Kirundi, Kinyarwanda, Swahili, French, and English. He currently serves as a leader of the Burundian community in Salt Lake City. This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it |
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Matthew Bryce, Workplace Literacy Coordinator, has a BS in Economics from the University of Utah and a TESOL certificate. He has lived in Egypt, China, and Brazil and enjoys travel and learning foreign languages. This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it |
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Kacee Kniazeva, Workplace Literacy Instructor, graduated magna cum laude with an Honors BA in Political Science and a BA in International Studies from the University of Utah. Kacee received her TEFL certificate in Costa Rica and taught English to young children there for a year. She also helped open and taught English in two slum schools in New Delhi, India. She speaks Russian and Spanish. This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it |
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Safiya Abi, Computer Lab Instructor and Intern, recently received her high school diploma from Horizonte High School. She has worked as an English interpreter for the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees and as a mentor to young girls through Save the Children in Kenya. Safiya speaks Mai Mai, Somali, Kiswahili, Arabic, and English. This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it |
As an Equal Opportunity Employer, the English Skills Learning Center prohibits discrimination on the basis of race/ethnicity, creed, color, national origin, age, gender, or sexual orientation. ESL Center complies with the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, which protects qualified applicants and employees with disabilities from discrimination in hiring, promotion, discharge, pay, job training, fringe benefits, classification, and other aspects of employment on the basis of disability. If any person feels that she/he has experienced discrimination or needs an accommodation, they should submit their concern in writing to the Executive Director.
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