About

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My name is Vanessa Falcony and I was born and raised in my beloved Quito, Ecuador, in South America. I am a native speaker in both, Spanish and English. My mother was born and raised in the USA and my father was born and raised in Ecuador, but lived many years in the USA; my siblings were born and raised in the USA as well. They decided to make a big change and moved to Ecuador, where two years later, I was born. Raised in a bilingual home, immersed in two very different cultures, and influenced by educators in my family, my passion, from a very early age, has always been languages and their unique worlds. 

I hold a Linguistics and Translation degree from Universidad Católica del Ecuador (PUCE), as well as a CELTA teaching certificate from Cambridge University, England. In addition, I've attended many seminars and conferences in regards to languages throughout my entire professional life. I continue my education on a daily basis by reading and studying the most updated information out there.  Also, I have a Life Coach certificate, which aims at helping people obtain their goals through realistic and attainable expectations. 

I have 25+ years experience in teaching language acquisition in English and Spanish to many people from around the world and from as young as 3 years of age. I've taught all English levels, conversational classes, Linguistics, Phonology, Writing, TOEFL preparation, Public Speaking, and more. I've taught in big and small classrooms and private students, at academies, Universities, businesses, at my own home, and at student's homes. In addition, I was the English Teaching major Coordinator at Universidad de Los Hemisferios, in Quito, Ecuador.  Among some of the many roles I performed as a coordinator, one was doing class observations of our students in this major when teaching at the schools they worked in, and provided them with feedback to better improve their skills. Our English Teaching department provided monthly training seminars to teachers from all schools in the city. Furthermore, I was invited to a private school to instruct a phonology workshop to all Elementary English teachers.  

I love to travel and I have lived in a few countries besides Ecuador like Colombia, Italy, Chile, and now the USA. In all these countries, I've taught and continue to teach various classes in English and in Spanish. Teaching people of all ages and from different countries, and living abroad have positively widened my understanding of the world, people, cultures, traditions, languages, and of language acquisition. I have to say I am truly fortunate and grateful of the great opportunities life has given me. 

I am happily married to an extraordinary educator and we have two wonderful daughters. My husband and I are raising them to be bilingual in English and in Spanish. As a bilingual family, we enjoy swapping languages and we are playful with them at all times, in all circumstances of each and every day.