Kelle Paça & English

Birsen is an English teacher based in Denizli, Turkey. Her passion is gardening and her care for the nature has shaped her personal and professional life as well. She believes that people can blossom, just like the nature, if they are given enough love and care. Learn more on how Birsen brings the environmental causes into classroom and provides the content with technological tools she learned in the U.S.

Cihad is an English teacher in Diyarbakır, Turkey. He has dreamed of traveling the world and found himself inspiring younger generations to accomplish that by using English language. Cihad's experiences in the U.S. as an Access program participant, has shaped his teaching methods in Diyarbakır.

Şeyda was an English teacher at southeast Turkey, who has many dreams, and one of them is to make their students at rural areas dream of different horizons. Şeyda is a great example of opening the mind to other horizons - no matter what one's background is. In this episode she talks about her teaching experiences & challenges in southeast Turkey, as well as the Access program and her IVLP days - which she mentions as the best things in her life so far.

Fatih Kurtoğlu, or "Fatih hoca" is a man of many inspiring ideas and is a unique teacher, based in his hometown, Sivas. In this episode he talks about his own inspirations, as well as his perspective on teaching English, his co-teaching memories in the U.S. and many more.

Ayşe Zambak is an English language teacher and a researcher based in Adana, Turkey. Ayşe loves to embrace the moment, try new things and follow the routes that English language leads her to. In this episode, Ayşe talks about her experiences in the U.S. as an IVLP participant and shares her perspective on English language teaching.

Bob Nguyen is an English Language Fellow and, currently, a Virtual Specialist who is eager to return to Adana, his teaching colleagues and his students at Cukurova University. He has lived in a number of interesting places in the world and enjoys addressing world and local problems through English teaching. He is also an avid boxer! Learn more about his intriguing life of travel that touches multiple continents.

Heidi Saleska was an English Language Fellow at Canakkale's 18 Mart University for close to two years before the pandemic hit. She arrive in one of Turkey's more unique cities after several decades of international travel, working in tourism and English teaching. Learn more about Heidi and the adventure that eventually brought her to Troy's doorstep.

Becca Haydon is an English Language Fellow who just completed her first year in the English Education program at Marmara University as an instructor of future teachers. She came to Istanbul, a city she now calls home, with a passion for the Turkish culture and for yoga! Learn more about her life in Turkey's cultural hub and her unswerving energy for living life to its fullest.

Katrina Lefrancois-Hanson is an English Language Fellow who until recently was based in Malatya. She and her husband Will Trimble combine their love for her Inonu University English education students with a passion for outdoor adventure, which includes paragliding. Learn more about Katrina and Will and their journey from the Seattle area to Malatya and back.

Jacqueline Peterson is a Nevşehir-based English Language Fellow. She currently teaches and teacher trains online. She enjoys Cappadocia and loves dolma. Learn more about Jacqueline, how she got into teaching English, and how she spends her time in Turkey.