Meet our team!

I am a mother of two children and come from Spisska Bela. Upon completing high school, I continued my studies focusing on German language. At the age of six, I became a member of a folklore ensemble in Slovakia. After spending some time in Germany and Austria, I had moved to Chicago. Even though I left Slovakia, its culture and traditions have never left me. With strong desire to continue practicing Slovak traditions, several young and ambitious Slovaks founded Veselica in 1998, a Slovak folklore ensemble. Few years later, we founded Veselicka focused on teaching children the beauty of Slovak folklore. The Slovak Academy was a new challenge as the need to provide quality education focused on the Slovak language was growing. Our school connects people, families, children and its goal is to pass along the splendor of Slovakia to our children so one day they continue with what we started.

I was born in Zdiar, Slovakia. In 1998, I received my master’s degree in primary education from Comenius University in Bratislava, College of Education. I spent the next five years teaching at an elementary school in Zdiar. I moved to the United States in 2002 and for the past 11 years, I have been teaching at KinderCare Learning Center in Schaumburg. I absolutely love the company of children and enjoy teaching very much. My everyday motto is “Carpe Diem”.

• earned Master's degree in teaching from University of Ss. Cyril and Methodius in Trnava
• as a university student spent 2 years in the USA working as an au-pair
• moved to the USA in 2011
• I am very excited to become a part of SA and help children maintain a connection to Slovakia, preserve our language, culture and traditions.

I am originally from Spisska Bela and studied pedagogy in Levoca. Until my relocation to the United States, I worked as a director of preschool in Toporec, Slovakia. I spend my days with my grandchildren and when Slovak Academy was being established, I decided to use my background to help teach our youngest students (4-6 y.o.) the Slovak language.

I come from a small village near the city of Levoca. I received a master’s degree from the Catholic University of Ruzomberok where I studied middle school and secondary education, majoring in English, Slovak, and religion. Before and during college, I dedicated my free time to a local church choir, leading a small group of children as well as youth. Upon graduating from college, I spent some time teaching religion in a high school in Poprad. I had also lived in the UK, where I obtained certificates in teaching English and taught foreigners English. For the past four years, I have been enjoying my maternity leave with my two children. I moved to the US in 2016 and am very excited to be teaching the Slovak language at the SAofC. 

I was born in Presov and I come from teacher’s family which obviously influenced me in choosing my future profession. I studied elementary education at University of Pavol Jozef Safarik in Presov. After finishing my studies at university I worked as a nanny in Washington D.C. for three years. When I returned home I was teaching for nine years at elementary schools in Bajerov and Presov. During this time I was also teaching English language at Academy of Education in Presov. I have been living in the USA since 2009. I have two daughters Sonya and Tanya. Since they were born I teach them to love Slovakia through songs, fairly tales, books or regular visits over the ocean. It is very important to me that they are able to communicate with their grandparents and the closest relatives from Slovakia. I am glad they will be able to expand and strengthen their knowledge through our academy as well. At the same time I am grateful for an opportunity to return behind the teacher’s desk because working with kids was always enjoyable and fulfilling for me. My life motto is “Where there is a will, there is a way”. Therefore, let’s cross our fingers, so we and the parents always have a good will :)