Elvira Bianco, Italian Language Consultant and Teacher

Elvira was born in a small town in the south of Italy. Her interest in languages began early on in her studies. She found that knowing others languages was the key to discover unknown worlds. She went to Calabria University where she received her B.A. in Modern Foreign Languages (English, Spanish and German). Afterwards, she attended a professional training course in tourism, where she combined languages and computer skills. She started working as freelance translator but kept studying and passed the national exam that certified her as a Spanish teacher. She began the teaching profession as an English teacher in a kindergarten. Thanks to a scholarship award, she spent two years in New York City where she attended two post graduate courses in special education and English and also worked as Spanish teacher in two Bronx public schools. Later, back in Italy, Elvira taught Spanish in a high school. She is now the mother of a two-year old Italian-American baby girl and works as an Italian language consultant.