I've been teaching English here since the winter of 2011. I look back now as I write this in June, 2018, of my beginnings with italki. At the time, I had a driving job delivering large vehicles to agencies all over the US. I used to give my online English classes from McDonald's, using their wi-fi. My students got a tour of my country by taking classes with me. So, in my first two years with italki, I was often traveling around the country. Now I give the classes from home. My driving job experience of 7 years gives me more of an understanding of The United States. I have lived in California where I grew up, Michigan, Indiana, Oregon and Colorado. The Rocky Mountains are so so beautiful. If you choose me to help you with English, you gain a teacher with experience owning a small painting/wallpapering business and a teacher with experience working in an actual classroom. I substitute taught in elementary, middle school and high school for over 4 years in Indiana, Colorado and Oregon. I am the mother of two grown sons.. I enjoy knowing people all over the world. Us people live on this planet and I think we should know each other. I'm a bicyclist in the warm months. I live in snow country in the cold months. I often get the question of, what is snow like, from students who have never seen snow. I love going hiking, but where I live now there are no mountains. I love talking about nutrition. I use props to teach English. I want my students to thoroughly understand the words, sentence structure and concepts. Please schedule a lesson with me and I'm sure I can help you in English.