Welcome Beth Sarla Persky

English Mindset is proud to announce that Ms. Beth Sarla Persky of Santa Fe, New Mexico has joined our teaching staff. Her passion to help others succeed in life is evident from her work-life trajectory.  Our association with Beth will strengthen our ability to reach more people from diverse cultural backgrounds who seek the English language as a tool for a better future. Together we feel that by helping others speak better English we are effectively closing the communication gap that separates people.

 Beth has a stellar academic background that begins with a Political Science B.A. from the university of Michigan and graduate degrees in the following areas:

·        M.A. in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages from the University of Illinois at Chicago

·        M.A in  International Relations from Tufts University Fletcher School of Law  

·        Juris Doctor Degree from Boston University.

She has been practicing immigration law since the early 1990s and has worked in Washington state, southern California, Oregon and now New Mexico. Beth teaches legal studies on-line for Kaplan University. In her spare time Beth likes to ski and dance. Beth traveled to Brazil in December and is currently working on her Portuguese. She has traveled and lived in Europe and Latin America. 

Please visit her web site at bethspersky.com to learn about the immigration and naturalization services she offers.  

Welcome Deborah Gray

English Mindset is proud to announce that Ms Deborah Gray of Santa Fe, New Mexico has joined our teaching staff.   She brings with her many years of experience teaching English at all levels focusing on language intonation, pronunciation and proper grammar usage.

We are absolutely thrilled to have you with us and we hope that you find English Mindset a place where you will find great pleasure helping others improve their English speaking abilities.  Your friendly ways and innate abilities to teach are all you need to make this a memorable journey.  Welcome Deborah!

     

Bio: Raised in what she considers the best of both worlds, Deborah Gray, a dual national, and fluent in English and Portuguese is the youngest of three children of Brazilian and American parents. Born in Mobile, Alabama, she and her family moved from Air Force base to Air Force base, from eastern to western U.S. and back and forth to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. She also lived in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean, off the Portuguese mainland, in the archipelago of the Azores Islands, for three years. 

She began her teaching career in 1977, providing corporate professionals and adult individuals with beginner, intermediate and conversational fluency lessons through a local English course in Copacabana to students all over the city of Rio. Growing to love the profession and appreciating the teacher - student interaction her main focus is on teaching her students language intonation, pronunciation and incorporating grammar usage into everyday dialogue. With years of teaching experience, the methodology she uses ensures the student to grasp the language in three months. Students are amazed at being able to communicate in a foreign language in such a short time.
Click here  to see her class schedule

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This short video features Santa Fe, New Mexico - the place that Deborah calls home!