High Expectations
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Lynn A. Leonard
CEO / CFO, EUA
Lynn Leonard é a fundadora da High Expectations. Ela recebeu seu diploma de graduação em inglês pela Suffolk University e diploma de direito pela New England School of Law. Ela passou muitos anos praticando o Direito com foco em Direitos Civis e Direito da Criança e da Família. Antes de fundar a High Expectations, a advogada Leonard atuou como defensora educacional e representou alunos e professores em questões trabalhistas e de direitos civis.
Robert W. Klemm
Diretor de Habitação
Bob estudou Planejamento Financeiro e de Negócios no Boston College. Nos últimos 30 anos, ele foi proprietário e administrou uma empresa independente de administração de imóveis e propriedades. Ele também é o gerente de negócios da Second Chance for Youth Offenders, uma organização local sem fins lucrativos que oferece serviços de reabilitação para jovens carentes. Bob supervisiona o alojamento estudantil na High Expectations.
Changhong Zang
Diretora, Shanghai
Hong formou-se no Emerson College com mestrado em Redação, Literatura e Publicação. Antes de vir para a América, ela recebeu um diploma de Bacharel em Artes em Inglês pela Shanghai Studies University. Ela era repórter do bostonese.com, redatora de colunas da English Salon Magazine e fundadora e editora-chefe da Readingabit Magazine. Hong elaborou o currículo do Programa Juvenil e ensina TOEFL, SAT e ELA na High Expectations, China.
Kimberly Duong
Professora de ESL
Kimberly se formou na Syracuse University College of Arts and Sciences com um diploma de Bacharel em Artes em Estudos Linguísticos. Ela foi instrutora de inglês no English Language Institute da Syracuse University e recentemente se juntou a nossa equipe como professora de ESL. Ela é bilíngue em inglês e vietnamita.
Guilherme Locks
Diretor de Recrutamento e Marketing / Admissões / Diretor de TI
Guilherme formou-se em Publicidade e Marketing pela Universidade Unisul no Brasil em 2006 e operou sua própria agência de 2010 a 2016. Ele foi responsável por inúmeras campanhas de marketing bem-sucedidas ao longo de sua carreira antes de se mudar para os EUA. Ele é o atual Diretor de Marketing da High Expectations e auxilia os alunos no processo de admissão.
Dylan Snyder
assistente de comunicação
Dylan formou-se em Comunicação pela Salem State University e estagiou na High Expectations. Durante seus dois estágios de verão, ele realizou várias tarefas, incluindo escrever artigos para High Expectations, criar um banco de dados de biblioteca para a escola e desenvolver conteúdo de mídia social.
Thomas Scanlon
professor de ESL
Thomas se formou no Boston College com um diploma de bacharel em literatura inglesa e foi Magna Cum Laude. Em 2016, ele recebeu oficialmente seu certificado para ensinar inglês. Desde então, lecionou na Itália por alguns anos e atualmente trabalha na área de Boston. Um de seus trabalhos inclui ensinar inglês aos pais imigrantes dos alunos das Escolas Públicas de Boston.
Paul Ventura
ESL Teacher
Paul received a Bachelor of Arts degree in International Studies from Endicott College with Magna Cum Laude honors. He initially worked for High Expectations as a summer intern assisting with the IELP accreditation process and creating a teaching resource database for ESL teachers. He earned a TESOL certificate in 2023, before joining High Expectations as an ESL instructor.
James Compton
ESL Teacher
James graduated from the University of Nebraska at Omaha with a Bachelor’s and Master of Arts degree in English Language and Literature. As a part of his Master's program, he completed an apprenticeship where he worked as a Composition Instructor. In 2022, he received a certificate in TESOL.
Christopher Hall
ESL Teacher
Christopher received a Bachelor of Arts degree in Secondary Education from the University of Alabama. In his 17 years of ESL teaching, he has worked with students from a lengthy list of countries ranging from the Middle East, Africa, Europe, Brazil, China, Haiti, Cape Verde, and the Dominican Republic. He most recently has taught ESL in Chelsea Public Schools’ Intergenerational Literacy Program.
Decio Silva
ESL Teacher
Decio received a degree in Pedagogy from Nove de Julho University in Brazil. For a decade and a half, he had multiple ESL teaching and administrative positions in Mexico. This includes being the CEO of the Mexican affiliate of the platform SmrtEnglish, which offers online classes to people from all around the world.
Aicha Nezzar
ESL Teacher
Aicha graduated from the University of Batna in Algeria with a Bachelor’s degree in English Language and Literature. She received a Master’s degree in Language Sciences and TEFL from the University of Jijel. She relocated to the US and became certified to teach TESOL, TESL and TEFL. Aica speaks English and Arabic.
Carolina Coxa
ESL Teacher
Carolina received a Bachelor’s degree in Literature and a Postgraduate degree in Education from the University of Sao Paulo. During her time teaching in Fisk Centro de Ensino, her reputation among colleagues was being well organized, willing to help struggling students and referred to as one of the best teachers they ever had there.
Doa Le
ESL Teacher
Doa received a Master’s degree in TESOL. She initially was a self employed ESL instructor and taught a wide range of Vietnamese students from children to adults through online. Since 2022, she has taught ESL at the International School of Advanced Learning in Allston before coming to High Expectations.
Jennifer Mulvey
ESL Teacher/Academic Advisor
Jennifer received a Bachelor of Arts degree in Sociology and Anthropology from Brandeis University and a Master’s degree in Elementary Education from UMass Boston. She has had a wide range of opportunities to teach all different walks of life during her 26 year career, which includes a tenure at the Boston Asian Student Center as an ESL instructor.
Mark Censky
ESL Teacher
Mark received a Bachelor’s in Philosophy, Management and Psychology and Master’s degree in Educational Leadership from Miami University in Ohio. Before venturing into the ESL world, he spent time as a Workforce Development Manager for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and has worked many other marketing and management positions over 20 years. He now implements his past experiences as a ESL teacher.
Geno Spina
Comptroller
Geno graduated Bentley University with a degree in Accounting and Business Management. In over 30 years, he has utilized his financial savvy for many different companies including Tufts Electronics Group, Kentron Technologies and NuView Systems, Inc. He is currently the Comptroller at High Expectations with responsibility for financial compliance and reporting.