—Meet the Bridge Team
Meet the Bridge Team! Our advisors, course tutors, and staff share their backgrounds, TEFL/TESOL stories, and best tips so you can get to know our international team and learn more about our experience in the industry. We’re here to help you every step of your TEFL journey, so get to know us a little better!
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Umut Ergöz, New Content Curator & Poster Volunteer for IATEFL Business English SIG
By Krzl Light Nuñes
Equipped with a wealth of Business English teaching experience and a passion for digital content, Umut Ergöz, Academic Operations Coordinator for Bridge Corporate Language Learning, has recently joined the IATEFL... -
Employee Spotlight: Meet Ian Mearns, Bridge International Admissions Advisor
By Krzl Light Nuñes
Leveraging his background in teaching Business English and experience in event organizing, Ian Mearns has recently joined Bridge as its newest International Admissions Advisor to provide support to global English... -
Q&A With IDELTOnline™ Instructor Shélynn Riel
By Krzl Light Nuñes
Drawing from her extensive experience as a university academic English instructor, program director, and teacher trainer, Shélynn Riel is a Bridge International Diploma in English Language Teaching (IDELTOnline™) instructor and... -
Rachel, From the U.S., Digital Nomad and Teacherpreneur Academy Coach
By Krzl Light Nuñes
Inspired by the idea of traveling and a love of world festivals, Bridge alum Rachel Story, from the U.S., took the leap and became a digital nomad. This led her... -
Q&A With IDELTOnline™ Instructor Katie Henley
By Krzl Light Nuñes
A seasoned English teacher and Bridge tutor with a Master’s in TESOL, Katie Henley is an IDELTOnline™ instructor who has leveraged her own language learning experience to help trainees achieve... -
IDELTOnline Q&A With Instructor, Katrina Schmidt
By Bridge
A former university professor with a Master’s in TESOL, Katrina shared how she shifted from teaching ESL to training English teachers, about her role as a trainer in the IDELTOnline,... -
Teacherpreneur, Gabby, on Keeping an Entrepreneurial Mindset in Challenging Times
By Gabriela Torregiani
Gabby Torregiani, from Argentina, is many things – English teacher, teacher trainer, Bridge TEFL/TESOL course tutor, and business owner. As a teacherpreneur, with over twenty years in the field, she... -
Bridge Advisor, Kevin, on Teaching in Portugal and His Tips for Job Seekers
By Camille Turner
Kevin describes his experience as a teacher in Portugal and how it led him to become a Program and Job Advisor at Bridge. He also shares the different ways he... -
Bridge Job Advisor, Maggie, on Teaching English – and Finding Love – in Brazil
By Bridge
Maggie Palmer is the International Admissions and Job Advisor at the BridgeTEFL headquarters in Denver, Colorado. She got TEFL certified while teaching English with the Fulbright program in Brazil. During her... -
Meet Gabby, Argentinian English Teacher and Bridge Course Tutor
By Bridge
Gabby, head tutor for the Bridge Teaching English to Young Learners and Teenagers programs, talks about being a course tutor, teaching young learners and teens in Argentina, and how being...




















