About Me

I am a 40-something international educator currently seeking out my present perfect in Thailand. This is my first year living and working in Bangkok. I’ve also taught in Budapest, Hungary (8 years), Beirut, Lebanon (3 years) as well as Brooklyn, NYC (5 years). I teach middle school English learners and support teachers in making content accessible for all students.

Traveling in South Africa, February 2020

For more on how I came to teach in Beirut read my first post. To read about my experience at the Search Associates job fairs where I landed my jobs in Beirut and Budapest, check out this series of posts. If you’re headed to Beirut and want to know my best tips on how to meet people in the city, here is a guest post I wrote for Melibee Global.  Also, I love Silvana’s descriptions of life in Beirut in the interview she did for my International Educator Interview series. There are some good blogs in the sidebar from international teachers in Beirut. (Most of them are quite old at this point, but there is still a lot of interesting info for teachers headed to Beirut.)

See more of my photos on Flickr. I am currently doing a photo a day for my first year in Bangkok.

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Contact me! You can email me at thepresentperfectblog[at]gmail[dot]com. I look forward to hearing from you!