I am a dedicated father of 2, my sons are 18 and 13. I have permission to legally work online in the USA and Portugal. I am a dedicated teacher with previous experience in Management, Customer Service Training, international travel, working abroad, as well as teaching college aged + adults. I enjoy playing guitar, drums, cooking, camping, exercise, and travel. I have a Bachelor's degree in Painting and drawing and have been a professional artist for 24 years. I was named one of the top 20 independent painters by the city of Miami in 2007. I still enjoy painting as well.

I have a Master's in Education for Nova Southeastern University in Miami FL coupled with over 200hrs of state certified work sponsored university coursework.

Offline teaching experience: 21

Online teaching experience: 6

I have traveled to 36 countries in my career. I am originally from the USA, in Miami Beach Florida. Among the student population of Miami there are over 100 languages spoken, I was trained there to teach to students who spoke English as a Second language. I created award winning curriculum and was nominated teacher of the year in my community. I taught in the classroom for 8 years. I have been a teacher for 21 years in total. I have Active State Certificates in ESL, TESoL intl. Literacy, Art and Special Education. Online I have taught students of all ages and from 68 different countries around the world. I have maintained a student evaluation score of 5 out of 5 stars in Private lessons on my current platform, with over 40 hours per week in online lessons delivered.