Learning Never Ends 學無止境

Meet the Team - Chinese Teachers

  • Jill Chen is from Taiwan. She and her husband have a toddler.
  • Gen-Hwa Hsu is from Taiwan. She teaches adult classes.
  • Xiaomei Li is from China. She teaches adult classes.
  • Yanxia Li is from Hebei, China. She has 2 elementary age children. She teaches Mommy 'N' Me and elementary class. 
  • Chanda Shaw is a senior at the Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD) in Savannah, Georgia.

 Meet the Team - Chinese student tutors

  • Cathy Bukenya is a 11th grade student.
  • Trish Bukenya is a 7th grade student.
  • Amelia Gibbons is in 6th grade.
  • Abby Trice is a 9th grader at Randolph School.
  • Lisa Waddle is an engineer.
  • Rex Webb is in 7th grade.

Meet the Team - Spanish teachers

  • Alghys Comoretto De Los Rios is a native of Venezuela. She recently moved to northern Alabama from Dominican Republic. She speaks English, Spanish, German, and Russian. She is a pastry chef.
  • Luis E. Pedraza Colon is a Puerto Rico native. He tutored Spanish while attending the Naval Academy.
  • Maria Emilia Fromhold, a Venezuelan native, immigrated to the U. S. in 2010. She has been American citizen since 2017. She practiced corporate law in her native country. She is enthusiastic to share Spanish language and culture with children.
  • Cher Jensen is from Brazil. She received her bachelor's degree in Spanish from University of Alabama in Huntsville. She is a teacher teaching ESL, Portuguese, and Spanish.
  • Christina Luisa Perdomo is a native of Venezuela. She teaches Mommy & Me Spanish.

Japanese

Chihiro Watanabe is from Tokyo, Japan. She has been in Huntsville for about one year.

Korean

  • Yale Park is a part time pastor at a local Korean church.
  • Soo Jung Thomason is a native of S. Korea.

French

Stevie Delar is a native of France.

American Sign Language

Trisha Hicks  is a licensed interpreter of American Sign Language. She became interested in sign language 30 years ago when she met a young deaf girl. She has been teaching since American Sign Language since 1998. In addition, she would love to encourage those who are interested in pursuing interpreting as a profession. She currently teaches at Alabama Institute for the Deaf and Blind.

Brazilian Portuguese

  • Iva de Oliverira
  • Evellyn Silva

Polish Language

Joanne Statura is a native of Poland.

Russian