Meet our staff
Staff紹介
Daphne Locke
カナダ・オンタリオ州出身のダフニー先生。クイーンズ大学とブリティッシュコロンビア大学で芸術を専攻し修士課程。卒業後バンクーバーで主に日本人留学生を対象に英会話講師として5年間滞在。その後結婚を期に日本へ移住。２０年以上の英語教育経験があるプロフェッショナル講師です。二人娘と子育て奮闘中。いつでもどこでもチャーミングな人気者の先生です。
Daphne loves teaching because she loves learning! She graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Art Dregree from Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario, Canada and a Master of Fine Arts Degree from the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, Canada. While in Vancouver she also completed a Diploma in Teaching English as a Second Language from English Bay College. After moving to Niigata Japan, Daphne furthered her training by acquiring a certificate in TESOL for Children from the American TESOL Intstiute. Daphne began her teaching career and the University of British Columbia, in art, and then began teaching ESL in Vancouver. Daphne has been teaching English since 2001 and is still going strong.
Kazuyoshi Uehara
新潟県北区出身。東京農業大学食品科学科卒業後、群馬県でコンニャクゼリーを２年間作っていました。その後バンクーバー留学時にダフニーと出会い結婚。留学時に多国籍ドミトリーの管理人をしていました。インターナショナル学童プログラムの送迎バスの運転手と受付を担います。元気と明るさで対応させて頂きます。
Sara
アメリカニュージャージー出身。大学ではアートヒストリーを専攻。子供の頃から日本への憧れが強く７年前に来日。 日本語の勉強も頑張る２９歳です。元気一杯のフレッシュ講師で子供たちに大人気！！精一杯楽しいクラスを提供いたします。
Sara loves teaching language as much as learning languages! She came to Japan in 2018 after graduating from Clark University in America with a Bachelor's degree in Art History and Asian Studies. During university, she spent a year abroad at Kansai Gaidai University in Osaka and her language exchange experience there inspired her to return to Japan to teach English.
Maya
Born and raised in Nepal as an American citizen, Maya has uniquely international experience! Maya was educated at an American international school in Kathmandu until she moved to America for university. She came to Japan to teach in 2018 as an ALT for Kyoto city. She moved to Niigata three years ago.
