TEFL & Travel Experts
Aveen Healy
TEFL & Travel Specialist
Aveen has a diploma in PR, Advertising and Financial management. Next to planning your TEFL experience, her favourite thing to do is spend time with her family. This live music lover is also keen on a big fan of European city breaks!
Top Travel Spot: Amsterdam, Netherlands
Favourite Food: Pizza or Pasta
Best Part of Travel: Visiting new sites and immersing yourself in local culture
Would Love to Visit: Dubai and Mykonos
Ameerah Goggin
TEFL & Travel Specialist
Environmental scientist Ameerah is well-traveled and can’t wait to help you plan your TEFL career. From camping in the Pyrenees mountains to mud-bathes with elephants, this TEFL Advisor will make sure life-long memories are at the heart of your plans!
Top Travel Spot: Koh Phangan, Thailand
Favourite Food: Thai Green Curry
Best Part of Travel: Exploring and experiencing new cultures
Would Love to Visit: Canada – for all the wildlife!
Sarah Goggin
TEFL & Travel Specialist
Five continent-traveled Sarah can’t wait to help you plan your TEFL career. From hiking Machu Picchu to a dawn visit of Angkor Wat temple, this TEFL Advisor will make sure adventure is at the heart of your plans! Book a call with Sarah today…
Top Travel Spot: Argentina
Favourite Food: Steak
Best Part of Travel: Meeting new people from around the world
Would Love to Visit: Alaska
Montse Aljama
TEFL Partnership Specialist
Montse is a Barcelona native dedicated to the field of education. Her career in operations and project management spans more than a decade; the expertise gained over this time is what she brings to her role as your partnerships specialist on a daily basis.
Top Travel Spot: Angkor Wat, Cambodia
Favourite Food: Spanish Omelette
Best Part of Travel: Meeting new people
Would Love to Visit: Maldives
Academic Team
Jacob Thomas
Internal Quality Assessor
DELTA trained Jacob’s international career has taken him across Thailand, Germany and Spain teaching English. His specialist teaching experience includes Cambridge assessment as well as IELTS preparation and online teaching.
Top travel spot: Koh Phangan, Thailand and Miedzyzdroje, Poland (his partner’s hometown).
Favorite food: Thai street food – moo da deow (fried pork) & guy phet met ma muang (fried chicken with cashew nuts)!
Best part about travel: Having experiences that take your breath away!
Would love to visit: Australia, Fiji, Cook Islands and the Southern Pacific Islands…
Dani Mundy
Academic Writer & Teacher Trainer
DELTA trained Dani travels the world training English teachers (and professors!), developing their skills and teaching methods. With over 20 years of international TEFL training experience her wealth of expertise in ELT is unrivalled.
Top travel spot: Singapore
Favorite food: Lebanese
Best part about travel: Seeing new sights and meeting amazing people
Would love to visit: Azerbaijan
Martin Challis
Academic Assessor
CELTA trained Martin has 8+ years of teaching experience in Spain, Ecuador and the UK. He has taught all levels, ages and class types. He’s a fluent Spanish speaker and (Spanish-English) translator. He enjoys running, reading and travel.
Top Travel Spot: Coastal Croatia
Favourite Food: I’m not picky, but if I had to say… Pizza
Best Part of Travel: Getting out of the usual routine and seeing or doing new things
Would Love to Visit: Patagonia!
Luke O'Dea
Academic Assessor
CELTA trained Luke is on the path to a Masters in Education & foriegn language teaching. This soccer fan teaches English (and German) in Argentina and Ireland. Our favorite saxophonist is passionate about diversity and is also an avid reader.
Top Travel Spot: Buenos Aires, Argentina
Favourite Food: Medium-rare steak with a glass (or two) of Malbec
Best Part of Travel: Experiencing the diverse riches of other cultures; acquiring lifelong memories with expats and locals alike.
Would Love to Visit: New York (I’m half American) and Cuba
Aisling McCarthy
Academic Assessor
Travel, languages and kayaking are Aisling’s passions in life, she loves any excuse to combine all three. She’s enjoyed living in Japan, Spain, Germany and Indonesia. As an online English teacher, she’s called Portugal and Switzerland home this past year.
Top Travel Spot: Japan!
Favourite Food: Anything Japanese
Best Part of Travel: Exploring nature and trying incredible foods
Would Love to Visit: More of Asia
Ciara Kirk
Academic Assessor
Over the past 5 years, CELTA trained Ciara’s English teaching travels have taken her from busy Shanghai to sunny Sevilla. Her love of languages and teaching is only second to her passion for the outdoors where she spends her time swimming, hiking and climbing.
Top Travel Spot: Anywhere in Spain!
Favourite Food: Arepas
Best Part of Travel: Getting to meet new people and getting to practice my language!
Would Love to Visit: St. Petersburg
Partnerships & Development
Rosie Mansfield
Managing Director
Rosie has an impressive business career spanning 10+ years in the ESL training
field. Always her favorite subject, she studied an English degree in Scotland. Her
passion for travel and exploration is infectious, and her expertise is second to
none.
Top travel spot: Vietnam – all of it!
Favorite food: Anything spicy, extra spicy
Best part about travel: Diversity… of food, culture, people
Would love to visit: Japan
Ian O’sullivan
Co-founder
Ian’s educational travel career spans almost 20 years. In his opinion, travel is one of the most valuable educations you’ll ever get. This adventure-loving, dog-owning fitness enthusiast has a passion for living life to the fullest. Make every day count.
Top travel spot: Peru (and Greece)
Favorite food: a Vindaloo!
Best part about travel: The unexpected
Would love to visit: Everywhere, I’m 1/2 way there at 100 countries
Deirdre Bounds
Co-founder
Deirdre’s inspirational TEFL journey saw her teach abroad in Japan, China, Australia and Greece. On returning home she began work to share the knowledge she’d gained from her time teaching English abroad, developing the world’s first online TEFL course in the 1990s.
Top travel spot: Greece
Favorite food: Yakitori
Best part about travel: The surprise
Would love to visit: Bali
Nikki Foley
Business Director
Nikki’s experience teaching in Barcelona means she’s walked in your shoes and is
full of advice. This TEFL-qualified, Applied Languages graduate also cooks up a
storm, making traditional, local dishes from her travels.
Top travel spot: Berlin, Germany
Favorite food: Lasagne (Di Carne o Vegetariana)
Best part about travel: Experiencing a new culture, especially the food, while broadening your own horizons
Would love to visit: Argentina (or anywhere in South America)
Sandra Lane
Operations Manager
Travel addict Sandra has visited more than 30 countries, it’s her favorite thing to do when she’s not playing guitar, baking treats or crafting. You’ll often find her nose in a great book or rounding up the family to set off on a refreshing hike.
Top travel spot: Bella Italia
Favorite food: Empanadas con queso from the oldest Latin American restaurant in Berlin
Best part about travel: You learn to trust your instincts, learn new things (also about yourself). You can reinvent yourself and meet lots of interesting people.
Would love to visit: Patagonia and New Zealand
Digital Wizards
Adam Gilroy
Lead Developer
Social media enthusiast Adam hails from the home of Jameson’s Irish Whiskey (that’s all we need to say about that!) This IT graduate is a huge music nerd with a love for festivals, sports, and all things travel!
Top travel spot: New York City
Favorite food: Anything Italian
Best part about travel: Submerging yourself in another culture (especially the food!)
Would love to visit: Tokyo
Darragh Mangan
Lead Designer
#VisCom specialist Darragh is responsible for making sure our website looks on point. This guitar-owning rock music fan also loves a good soccer match. He’s the office comedian and has absolutely no guitar-playing skills.
Top travel spot: Rome, Italy
Favorite food: Beef bourguignon
Best part about travel: Meeting cool people that you can have a good laugh/beer with
Would love to visit: New York
Adam & Darragh in Thailand
Thailand Teacher Orientation
Visiting our teachers abroad is important to us and clearly, so is twinning. These two showcase our motto perfectly… “the team that travels together, stays together!’
It takes top-notch people to produce industry-leading work. If you’re a smart, ambitious person with that can-do spirit, a penchant for working with awesome people, and chock full of talent, we should talk. Apply Here
