Nancy Bailey has been teaching ESL in Italy for over fifty years and conducting teacher training in the Italian Ministry of Education’s in-service teacher training programmes for the last fifteen. She has also taught at the Università di Firenze's teachers' college for future elementary school teachers (English language and teaching methodology labs - Scienze della Formazione). She is the author of books and articles on English second language learning and teaching (see publications) and a recent ebook on volunteering during and after the Bosnian War.