About the teacher
Colleen M. is a high school Spanish and French teacher at an independent school in Vancouver, B.C.. She holds a Bachelor of Education and a Master’s degree in Applied Linguistics. Her lessons blend meaningful discussion with engaging writing activities, designed to develop students’ skills in speaking, listening, reading, writing, and critical thinking. She has extensive experience teaching Spanish, German, French, English Language Learning (ELL), and Social Studies. Over the course of her career, she has taught, in Canada, in the Middle East and Europe, she has worked with both the International Baccalaureate (IB) and Advanced Placement (AP) programs, fostering global-mindedness and academic excellence in her students. She is especially passionate about service-learning and volunteers regularly in Guatemala, Honduras, and Peru, supporting language acquisition and literacy development in underserved communities. When she isn’t in the classroom, she can often be found outdoors—skiing in the winter, and enjoying sea kayaking and mountain biking during the summer months.