Giulia was born and raised in the Dolomite foothills of Italy. After studying for short time at the University of Padua, Giulia pursued a career at the Consortium Institute of Management and Business Analysis (CIMBA), located in Asolo, Italy as executive assistant and program coordinator. While working at CIMBA for 5 years she was able to develop an important understanding and appreciation for different cultures. In 2006 Giulia obtained her Executive Certificate in International Management. It wasthrough all these experiences and contacts that Giulia set out on a personal journey that landed her in Seattle, Washington. Giulia joined the SLA staff in 2008 as Foreign Language Program Coordinator and is currently studying Japanese.

A California native, David Godfrey moved to Seattle in 2005 to begin his undergraduate studies and is set to graduate in summer of 2008 with a double-major in Spanish and French. He has traveled extensively throughout Europe and lived in Madrid for three months, where he studied at the University of Complutense. He joined the SLA staff in summer of 2007 and iscurrently studying Arabic.

Tyler Lansford is the Classics Program Director at Seattle Language Academy. He taught Latin and Greek for eight years at the University of Washington, where he completed his Ph.D. in Classics. He is currently writing a travelers' guide to the Latin inscriptions of Rome for the Johns Hopkins University Press, to be published in 2008.

Marc Mariani has lived and studied in Rome, where he taught English to Italians and Italian to Americans. He holds Master's degrees in Classical languages (Greek) and in Romance languages (Italian) from the University of Washington. Co-founder of Seattle Language Academy, Marc has been teaching languages since 1986 and is the Executive Director of SLA.

Carolina Maldonado was born and raised in Costa Rica to an American mother and a Chilean father. In 2003 she moved to the USA to begin her undergraduate studies and graduated in Fine Arts and Arts Administration from Whitworth University in 2007. She spent a semester in Murcia, Spain to continue her studies and travel. Her interest for different languages and cultures has always been a big part of her life. Carolina joined the SLA staff in Spring of 2008 as Custom Language Program Coordinator.

Originally from Pennsylvania, Megan McNelis moved to Seattle after receiving a BA in English Writing from the University of Pittsburgh. After eight years as a City Code Editor, she returned to school and graduated from Seattle University with a certificate in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages. Megan spent 2006-2007 as a Literacy*Americorps member, coordinating Seattle Public Library’s ESL Talk Time program. In her spare time, Megan loves to swim and enjoys Seattle’s thriving cinema scene. She has studied seven foreign languages, usually in preparation for her travels throughout Europe, China and Morocco. Megan is SLA’s English Language Program Student Advisor.

Laura Nelson has over 20 years experience teaching French, Italian and English as a Second Language. She holds an M.A. in French and Italian from Middlebury College, and has also studied in Neuchâtel, Switzerland, at the Sorbonne in Paris, France, and in Florence, Italy. At various times, Laura has held teaching positions in Europe, most recently in Toulouse and Marseille, France. In addition, Laura is currently studying Korean and in 2007 spent 3 months in Seoul working and studying. She is one of the English Language Program Coordinators.

Janice Price acquired her love of languages and cultures early in life. She grew up bilingually/biculturally in both Austria and the U.S., has traveled and studied in Germany, France and Spain and most recently expanded her horizons toward Asia by living and teaching in Japan for six months. She holds a B.A. from Stanford University in German and an M.Ed. from Westminster College, Utah. She has over 20 years teaching experience with all ages and levels of German, French, Spanish and her current specialty, English as a Second Language. Janice is one of the English Language Program Coordinators.

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