Claudette Oliveras
Biography
Claudette Maier is a native New York resident with a passion for world travel, who received her B.S. in Business Management from C.W. Post Campus, Long Island University (L.I.U.). Upon graduation, she was awarded a Fulbright Fellowship to study abroad at the University of Regensburg in Germany. Her stay in Germany allowed her to travel extensively in Europe.
In 1992, she became an au pair for a host family in Grasse, France where she took care of children who spoke no English.
In 1993, she returned to America to get a job and start her graduate studies. She earned her M.B.A. in International Business through L.I.U. in 1995, studying two semesters at Franklin College in Lugano, Switzerland and a year in New York. Her career has led her to work for various educational institutes in the U.S. including Sylvan Learning Center, LaGuardia Community College, Forest Hills Community House and Union County College.
Her love for teaching was confirmed when in 1999, she became a Peace Corps volunteer in Slovakia for two years. Representing America in a former East-Block country was an unforgettable experience. Helping people learn English and improve their skills was very rewarding. In December 2002 she graduated from New York University with an M.A. in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages.From 2003-2004 she taught English as a foreign language in Japan with the JET Program. She is now working as an ESL teacher in a NYC public school and sharing her love for teaching with i-to-i trainees on weekends.
