Multilingual Educator & Storyteller inspired by culture, travel, and connection.

My story

I'm Turkish. I grew up in Turkish, learned English, then went and did my degree in Spanish — a BA in Modern Languages in Bogotá. That is the short version of how I ended up speaking three languages I now teach, and a fourth, French, that I only speak.

In 2016 I went to Togo to volunteer. It was my first international solo trip and it set the pattern for everything after: Peru in 2017, then six years living in Colombia, then Mexico, and now Missouri, where I teach Spanish and Turkish at Gateway Science Academy.

Along the way I've led multicultural groups across Latin America and the U.S., run bilingual programs in rural Colombian communities, and told stories about coastal culture for hotels and restaurants on the Caribbean coast. Different jobs, one thread: connecting people through culture, nature and language.

That's the whole argument of this site. Language is what let me belong in those places instead of just passing through them. It can do the same for you.

The road so far

I've also travelled to the UK (England and Wales), Spain, Portugal, Germany, Italy and Morocco.