Lily Kuo
 

Teacher Lily was born and raised in Taiwan until the age of 12 before she came to the US. Due to the interest of her native culture, she has never stopped learning Mandarin: took Chinese literature classes in UC Santa Barbara, studied abroad in Taiwan University, and of course reading Chinese newspapers and literature continuously.  She is fluent in speaking, reading, and writing both Chinese and English.

Teacher Lily wanted to be a teacher since childhood but it was not until a few years ago that she finally decided to teach.   First she spent a year obtaining a teaching certificate (‘Teaching Chinese as a Heritage or Other Language’) from California State University of East Bay in Oakland in 2006.  Then I began teaching adults Mandarin in companies.  Last year she taught graduate students in Italy on Chinese films, literature, conversations, and helped them apply for scholarship to China:  one of them had obtained full scholarship!  

Teacher Lily returned to California in May 2008 and applied for StarTalk Teacher Program at UC Berkeley to enhance my teaching skills.  She was one of the 20 students who were admitted with a stipend.  She is currently teaching elementary school children in an after-school enrichment program and several private classes at Fun Mandarin.