Hello! My name is Alex and I am truly honoured and very thankful for the opportunity to return to Dara Academy for my second year as an NP teacher.

I am from Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. Halifax is a port city on the Atlantic Ocean on the east coast of Canada. I studied Business Administration and graduated with a BBA from the University of New Brunswick. I am trilingual from having also studied French and Spanish language at university, and then working for a French bank in Geneva, Switzerland for one year, followed by six years in Madrid, Spain. While living in Spain, I taught English for one year and then started my marketing career working for a large multinational corporation.

As a teenager I set the goal to see as much of the world as possible. I am very fortunate to have visited 37 different countries and Thailand is now the 6th different country that I have lived and worked in. I am very happy to call Chiang Mai my new home!

Here at Dara Academy, I will be teaching Matayom 1 again this year. I am very excited to continue to work beside the greater team of Thai teachers, and to meet and teach all of my new Thai students. My goal as a teacher is to engage with each and every one of my students in ways that motivate them to push themselves to become as proficient as possible in the English language. This in order that they may aspire to use the English language as a means to becoming a true global citizen, thereby reaping the many benefits and self-fulfilling rewards that international travel, educational and cultural experiences have to offer.

Beyond world culture, travel and languages, I enjoy cycling, playing tennis and golf, and taking in ‘live’ progressive rock music.

I am looking forward to another wonderful year with the students here at Dara Academy!