I am a French native speaker and have had over 20years experience teaching French. I taught French as a French Assistant at secondary school and at university, and have been tutoring French privately to both children and adults, aged 4 to 88 at all levels of abilities! Over the past 15 years I have also become an expert in tutoring French to VCE students and all my students have achieved over 40 at their VCE French exam.

I have a BA and Master's Degree in English as a foreign language and have taught English as a Group Leader to French students in Folkestone and have been tutoring English privately to both adults and children from a wide range of nationalities, on and off, for the past 20 years.

I am a Mindfulness Trainer/Coach and have had my own business, Mindfully Serene, for the past 5 years. I have a Certificate in Mindfulness Therapy and over the past 5 years have been running a wide range of mindfulness-based workshops, talks and keynote speeches, mindfulness and meditation sessions and mindfulness courses in businesses and community organisations. I have designed and delivered workshops and talks on the following topics: Resilience and Stress Management, Anxiety reduction, Self-Confidence, Mindful Communication and Self-Compassion for Health and Wellbeing. I also do one on one meditation and mindfulness coaching sessions to reduce stress and anxiety to both adults and teens. I have also created sessions called `Calm Mind, Calm Body' which consists of different types of mindfulness meditation and mindfulness exercise. I have delivered these sessions in aged care facilities, community centres and libraries.

I have got a PhD in Human Geography and a Master's Degree in Ethnology. I worked as a social researcher for over 20 years primarily at universities in Canada, the Uk and Australia and have also had extensive lecturing and tutoring experience in a wide range of Social Science subjects such as gender, social theory, welfare, housing, diversity, cultural geography and qualitative research methods.