Γεια!

Hi! I’m Mona, mother to my 13-year-old daughter, Calinda, Greek, born and raised in Athens, passionate about languages, communication, and personal growth. I’ve worked as a language tutor and coach in adult education for almost 20 years. Since moving from Athens to the Cyclades in 2007, I’ve been helping adults develop their language skills and confidence.

I’ve always loved languages and I had been studying and got my certificates in English, Italian and French. However for various reasons I wasn’t involved professionally in language teaching before Paros! It was here that I discovered my passion for teaching and rediscovered myself!

Blame it on the island, on the special Cycladic light, the sea, the beauty that surrounds us, the fact is that, year after year, I’d realize how much I loved it, and I’d become more and more in love with this place that offered me this unique opportunity!

I started teaching, translating and interpreting in Italian, sì, la Bella Lingua! However there were always my foreign friends asking me to consider teaching them modern Greek, my mother tongue. Never really thought about it, but I offered to help them and… year after year the interest grew more among the people who would like to get acquainted and learn this beautiful and unique language!

So I decided to take my teaching further, embrace this new challenge to take this new turning again! So in 2017, I got my certificate in teaching Greek as a foreign or a second language, by the Greek Language Center in Thessaloniki and I was thrilled!

Two years later, driven by a deep desire to continue learning, I returned to academia and moved to Volos the city that became a new chapter in both my personal and professional life, to study Social Anthropology at the Department of History, Archaeology and Social Anthropology of the University of Thessaly. After successfully passing my exams, I earned my degree and opened a new chapter of personal and professional growth.

This year, I decided to continue even further by pursuing an MSc in Mobility Studies.

I now organize greek language retreats and courses in Volos, a unique multicultural and buzzing port city in Greece that combines both mountain and sea, urban, traditional and modern cultural elements and I’m really excited to show you around and get to know this magical place! I’ve created a specially designed program for busy people who don’t want to spend hours in a classroom but rather prefer to be also outside to practice Greek, in a more friendly and informal environment.

My goal is to help people discover the fun in learning Greek so that it becomes a joyful and exciting journey. Absolutely everyone is capable of learning Greek, it’s simply a matter of finding a method that fits in with your everyday life, your interests and your learning style.

So, welcome and hope to meet you soon in one of my lessons!