Teachers
Ghyslaine Akhavi
Agnes Aurore
Ingrid Bell
Anne Bengochea
Anne-Lise Bernay
Michèle Blanchi
Katia Bore Falecker
Gilles Bossiere
Mary Bounds
With a BA in Political Science and French, Mary studied in Brussels, Belgium and worked in Mulhouse, France. She has taught both ESL and French to teens and young adults both in group and one-on-one. She enjoys teaching through role play and encourages her students to personalize the language and to take risks. She enjoys modern dance, classical ballet, cooking, and hiking in Shenandoah.
Magali Bufferne
I was born and raised in a small town in Southern France not far from Nice. After a BA in Art History and a MA in Language Pedagogy from the Sorbonne Nouvelle Paris, I decided to teach French as a Foreign Language abroad. I have had the opportunity to work in France, England, Morocco, and Canada. My passion for art and language led to the creation of a new Art History class at Alliance.
Bénédicte Chabirand
Stéphanie Doré
After an extensive teaching experence in the French Foreign Service in Paris and New York, Stéphanie wored as a Political Affairs Officer at the UN Headquarters in New York. She returned o Europe, where shejoined theEuropean Commission in Brussels as an administrator. She has now been in Washington for the past two years and teaches advanced private classesat the AFDC.
Katia Duthion
Dawn Gaither
Dieudonne
Sabrina Irby
Jean-Philippe
A native of France, Jean-Philippe has over four years of experience teaching both private and group French classes in the Washington, DC area. Before moving to the US, Jean-Philippe was a quality control trainer, focused on providing support, feedback, and advice to industrial clients to improve their management processes. These experiences contributed to strengthening his coaching and mentoring skills. His particular interest as a French instructor is in providing tailored support for students from multiple backgrounds to achieve their personal or professional goals. Jean-Philippe holds a M.Sc. in Quality Control from le Conservatoire National des Arts et Metiers de Paris and a Bc. in International Trade from la Chambre de Commerce et d'Industrie de Paris. With a passion for languages and cultures, he also speaks Spanish and English.
Vana Kelijian
Claire Kraft
Catherine Krim
Ameneh Madjlessi
Natacha Manet
I was born and raised in France.
After my MBA at the “EM Lyon”, School of Management (France), I moved to Germany. At first, I worked in a big French sporting goods company (Decathlon) as responsible for trainings and communication while getting my first experience with teaching French. I always loved to teach and wanted to stay connected to my own language! After a while, I decided to give another orientation to my carrier and worked for a children’s rights organization whose goal was to implement programs in Africa. At the same time, I started establishing my own business as a yoga and language instructor. At the end of 2010, I moved from Germany to Washington DC and have been teaching at the Alliance Française since then. I have experience with corporate groups, one-on-one sessions, exam preparation and language classes with adults, teenagers and children. I am also supporting the social project of the Alliance AFEI. I am a passionate teacher committed in making you enjoy the French language! Hope to see you soon at the Alliance.
Marilyn Matar
Véronique Mouilleseaux
Véronique was born in Paris and grew up on the Côte d’Azur in a family from the Burgundy region of France. She spent a significant part of her adult life in the U.S., playing tourists... and teaching French ! Before coming to the Alliance Française de Washington in the fall of 2010, she taught at Montclair State University (NJ), Hartwick College (NY), and the University of Virginia.
Caroline Sainsard
Louise Schwab
Louise was born and raised in Paris, France. She studied English and American literature at the Sorbonne-Nouvelle University for five years and spent one year in Glasgow, Scotland as part of a student exchange program. She later became an English teacher in France while studying French as a Foreign Language and training to become a French instructor. She has been in Washington, DC with her husband in August 2012 and started working at the Alliance Française in November of the same year. Her many hobbies include foreign languages (She is currently studying Japanese), reading, walks in the city, and travelling around the world.
Frederic Taly
Maha Tazi
Véronique Whitney