Small Talk

Join us as Fan shares with listeners about her roots in China, her journey in her first year as the teacher in Chinese in Small World, and listen until the end to hear the one part Fan wished to cut from the podcast (but we insisted on keeping in!).

Liz Salegumba joins us for this episode of Teacher Feature and shares about growing up in Vienna and Manila, what sets Avenues apart from other schools, and how she approaches classroom teaching and learning with her young students.

Joni us as we chat with Small World teacher Veronica Quiroga about her roots as a native speaker of Spanish, her reflections on teaching at Avenues, and what she hopes her students will remember from their year in her class.

We hear from Small World teacher Yifan Cui about her experiences growing up in Ningbo, China, studying early education in New York City at NYU and Teachers College, and her first year teaching at Avenues.

Small World teacher Jazmin Espinoza shares with listeners about her journey into early education, provides insight into teacher training, and celebrates all the rich nuances of classroom life.

In this episode, we chat with Small World Spanish immersion teacher Jazmin Espinoza about her path to teaching, how she came to be a true multilingual, and the personalities of her three different groups of students.

Jazmin Espinoza, Spanish immersion teacher in Small World, chats with us about what teaching Spanish immersion is like in the classroom, what astonishes her about her students' abilities, and what she she hopes she is remembered for.  

Kevin Murungi, Director of the Global Journeys program at Avenues New York, shares about the challenges of his role, which Avenues Valued Behavior is most important in his work, and what long-held beliefs he wishes to change within humanitarian agencies and human rights organizations.

Listen in as Director of Global Journeys Kevin Murungi shares with us the one word he will not use in the program, what students do while abroad with Global Journeys, and his favorite locations traveled by Avenues students.

Director of Global Journeys at Avenues New York Kevin Murungi shares about the work of the Global Journeys program at Avenues, how their programs are developed for ethical and sustainable cross-cultural connections, and his background and what brought him to New York City and Avenues from Nairobi, Kenya.