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Experience: I hold a UK law degree and a TEFL qualification. My academic background has developed my ability to explain complex ideas clearly, while my professional experience includes working with people from a range of cultural and linguistic backgrounds—something that has strengthened my communication and adaptability.

Personality: I’m approachable, dependable, and motivated to help others learn. I bring energy and patience to the classroom, and I genuinely enjoy engaging with young learners.

Skills: Strong communication and organisational skills, with a clear, confident speaking style and an ability to plan and deliver structured, engaging lessons. I’m also tech-literate, detail-oriented, and calm under pressure.

Hello, I’m Kristina and I was born in Los Angeles, California in the USA but I grew up in Metro Manila, Philippines. English has always been my first language and I had to learn Spanish and Tagalog/Filipino while I was in school.

I have many different experiences when it comes to teaching various subjects and skills. I've always had the ability to teach as much as I have enjoyed doing it.

For teaching in English , I've taught Thai students who have zero to minimal knowledge when it comes to the English language. I've had to teach them from the basic phonetics and alphabets before going into something more conversational. The method of teaching is with a guided lesson and conversational speaking. Please note that this was done online.

Recently, I was hired by a Philippine based Korean entertainment company as an English tutor for their Korean artists. This is to help them with their conversational skills, vocabulary, and diction. I also help them reading their scripts or prep them for press conferences and shows.

For teaching in general I've taught toddlers to children aged 4 to 6 in playing soccer, and I'm also working as a private tutor to a little girl since she was 2 years old (she is currently 7 years old). I get placed with children because, apart from kids like being around me, I have a lot of patience and I'm able to break down subjects so that they better understand the topic.

Additionally, I also teach dance classes on weekends. Teaching beginners has a special place in my heart because I really like being able to instil good dance foundations in my students. I enjoy seeing them progress and improve over time. However, I also teach more intermediate students more complicated choreography and KPOP dances. Being a dance teacher requires me to break down the steps and properly explain it so they understand what I’m asking them to do.

In lieu of the entertainment industry opportunities, I sometimes get tapped to teach to media train artists & idol trainees when answering questions for interviews and the like. I usually teach them how to sound more eloquent and correct their diction as English is not necessarily their first language.

Outside teaching, I work in the entertainment industry doing marketing and events. I've worked with local artists and with Korean artists (idols and actors) in the past few years. Apart from this, I like to express myself creatively by doing freelance creative direction, styling, make up, music, dance, and content creation.

Trained and educated as an Occupational Therapist, I am able to observe and identify any barriers that are inhibiting one to achieve their goals. My most recent and most notable success is conducting research at Danang Orthopedic Hospital in Danang Vietnam, investigating the benefits and barriers of Occupational Therapy for the patients in the rehabilitation unit. My specialty is making accommodations to the patients needs in order to achieve their desired self care tasks. My recent research helped the lives of many to learn about various strategies to help in their healing and rehabilitation process.

As an OT, we are educators in healthcare, mental health, and/or educational settings. I find joy seeing others accomplish their goals that bring meaning and success and I feel that this translates well as an educator. I am compassionate, patient, and sincere by nature and I feel that these are strong qualities as an educator to lead their students to success.

I possess a bachelor's degree in English and have tutored English as a Second Language for a year. I have displayed resilience throughout my professional career as well as my personal life. My proudest personality trait is my creativity, and I bring it with me to work every day. I am motivated to obtain a position where I can truly feel that I am doing good in the world.

I have a love for helping people and I'm very good with teaching young minds, I don't have professional experience, but having come from a family with a lot of nieces and nephews, I naturally learned how to educate kids, and always enjoyed it. I am patient, empathetic, hard working, creative, and a generally friendly person that isn't hard to get along with.

Over the past several years, I’ve developed a versatile skill set that makes me a strong candidate for teaching roles abroad. I hold a bachelor’s degree and a Level 5 TEFL certification, and I’ve already gained valuable classroom experience while volunteering in Uganda. During that time, I supported both primary and secondary school students through workshops on employability, gender equality, and health education. These sessions taught me how to manage classrooms of different sizes, engage students through discussion-based learning, and adapt my communication style to suit various age groups and learning levels.

From a personal perspective, I’m approachable, patient, and genuinely enthusiastic about language learning and cultural exchange. I’ve studied Spanish independently from A1 to C1 over the past two years, which not only gave me insight into the challenges of language acquisition, but also allowed me to better empathize with students. This journey has helped me become a more supportive, attentive teacher who understands what it takes to build confidence and fluency step-by-step.

In terms of practical skills, I’m highly organized, tech-savvy, and flexible in fast-changing environments. My previous roles required me to deliver structured learning content, lead group activities, and offer pastoral support — all while adjusting to the needs of international or under-resourced communities. I’m a strong communicator with a calm presence, and I pride myself on being culturally aware, responsible, and a team player — all of which are essential when working with diverse groups of learners.

Throughout my life, I have always wanted to make an impact on the world, but it wasn’t until my junior year of high school, when I was teaching preschool, that I fell in love with the idea of teaching. If you know me, you know that I want to see the world, learn new languages and cultures, and meet people. I also want to be able to open schools around the world to give children the education that they deserve.

I started off as a preschool Montessori teacher and then was in the teacher preparation program at Salisbury University, where I taught 1st, 3rd, and 4th grade. While I do not have a teaching license, I have found that there are still endless opportunities to become a teacher. I finished my degree with a Bachelor of Science with a focus in elementary education and film.
I struggled as a kid academically because of ADHD, but my teachers are the reason why I am who I am to this day, and they are the reason why I am so passionate about traveling and teaching. Your first thought when you hear, “Oh, she wants to travel,” may be, “She just wants to go to the beach and drink margaritas all day,” but this couldn’t be further from the truth. I want to be a part of the community and learn from the people who live there, while still being culturally responsive.

In the teacher preparation program, my university made it clear how important it is to be a culturally responsive teacher and how important it is to build strong relationships with your students—because you simply cannot teach a child without knowing how they learn best.
One of my biggest life goals is to make an impact on the world. You may hear this a lot, but I truly want to dedicate my life to teaching and making impacts in small communities in as many places as I can. If one day I get a phone call from a student telling me that they are going to run for president, I will feel like I am on top of the world. I don’t want to teach just to be another teacher in the classroom, but to tell students that they can achieve anything they believe in.
While I travel to unknown places, I know the obstacles that lie ahead of me. But one of my favorite quotes is, “The only thing you have to fear is fear itself.” Yes, I can get hesitant about doing things, but being nervous is what makes you human. If you do not face your fears head-on—and if your dreams do not scare you—I truly believe they are not big enough.

Traveling the world is scary, but it is something that I have been wanting to do for over a decade. Everything I have been doing has been leading me to this moment where I am right now—every choice I have made, every obstacle I have faced. I have pushed through because of the dream I have: that I am going to get to travel, teach, and see the world.

I have two years of experience teaching piano to students of various ages, as well as volunteering experience in Tanzania with Raleigh International that included teaching hand hygiene practices to an under-resourced community. Having studied a combination of English Language and Literature at A-level, as well as a Film and Creative Writing degree at the University of Essex, I have a good understanding of the English language which I could pass onto students in South Korea. Achieving a Level 5 Diploma at the TEFL Academy has also improved my teaching skills and classroom management to be able to enforce a calm, safe and effective learning environment.