I was born in Portugal, in the exact plot of land where I still live. At the age of eleven I was experiencing my third school system. Curiously, the first time ever that I wnet to school at age five was in London. Then came the Portuguese school system, where I finished fourth grade, the end of elementary school. Finally, I entered the American school system.

The American system left a very strong imprint and defined my future. I stopped in English only at age sixteen, the time when I re-entered the Portuguese system to finish high school and go on to university, where I studied English and German. All this in Lisbon without leaving the comfort of home. So it was in Portugal in the late sixties.

I deciding on teaching, because I has always enjoyed tutoring friends. Teaching English was something I enjoyed doing for 33 years.