■■■ Andy Q. Zhang, Principle & Chief Operation Officer                   

Being a recognized Chinese linguistic and cultural expert with over 17 years of extensive experiences in translation, teaching, training and research, Andy possesses rich expertise and strong capability in Mandarin Chinese language teaching and Chinese cultural research. Andy has practical teaching experience in Asia Pacific, Europe and the United States. Andy earned a distinguished score on Mandarin Chinese Test conducted by Illinois Certification Testing Systems (ICTS). Andy is a long-term member of Chinese Language Teachers Association (CLTA) and a certified translator of the Illinois State Early Intervention Program.

As the result of an extensive research on Chinese language and the China-Western cultural differences as well as the Chinese business market, Andy has authored over 210 published articles in Chinese. Andy's three new books (Learning Mandarin Chinese by Cultural Correlation I, II & III) are scheduled to be published in 2011.

Andy has offered Chinese lessons and cultural sessions to teachers and students from Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University, Graduate School of Business at University of Chicago, University of Illinois at Chicago, Stanford University, Cornell University, Brown University, Harvard University, DePaul University, Indiana University, Loyola University Chicago, Columbia University, University of Georgia and the College of William & Marry.

Previous organizations Andy has served include Ministry of Commerce of the People's Republic of China, China National Electronics Import & Export Corp., Silicon International Limited, VTEL, Motorola and Ericsson, Sweden.

Andy earned his Bachelor's Degree in Economics, Business Education and a Master's Degree in Business Administration.

■■■ Rebecca Yang, Director of Adults Tutoring Program                             

Rebecca Yang worked in the transportation and IT industries in China for four years before switching to education industry. She taught English and Chinese for both children and adults in a private language school for two years and then decided to pursue further study in education in the States. She completed a master program in school psychology in Miami University in Ohio and is a certified school psychologist in both Ohio and Illinois states. She has just started working for Chicago Public School as a bilingual school psychologist in 2007. She travels between four to six schools on a weekly basis and work with students with special educational needs, such as learning disabilities, cognitive impairment, and various behavioral and emotional issues.

■■■ Hongmei Dong, One-on-One Private Tutoring Manager for Young Children & Adults

Ms. Hongmei Dong received her PhD in literacy program at the College of Education, the University of Illinois at Chicago. Throughout her teaching career, Hongmei has worked as a Chinese language tutor for many adults and children who were learning Mandarin as a foreign language. She has also been an English teacher in various educational settings—college, high school, companies, after-school programs, and one-on-one instruction.  In addition to teaching, Hongmei also likes jogging and learning cooking from TV chefs.

■■■ Marci Bergeson, Director of HR & Finance

Marci graduated from Brigham Young University with a BA in English Education. The previous companies Marci has served include UnitedHealthcare and Riverside Publishing. She speaks Spanish fluently and has learned Mandarin Chinese for three years. Marci has made remarkable contributions to Chicago Mandarin Chinese Center in terms of teaching content design and human resources management.

Our Other Native Chinese Teachers:

• Xuefen Mullins, Senior Chinese Teacher for Adult Teaching Programs
  

Ten years language professor at a college in China and another eight years senior instructor at Beijing New Oriental Science & Technology Educational Group, the largest educational organization in China has forged Xuefen Mullins into an excellent professional instructor. Xuefen is passionate, dynamic, result-oriented, who can put forward a scheme most suitable for students and teach  through lively activities, so that the students can  make great progress in a short period of time and enjoy the course of learning. With degrees of bachelor of arts in language teaching and master of economics, Xuefen Mullins will introduce Chinese culture and her current development to students as well. In addition, Xuefen Mullins has wide spectrum of hobbies like playing classical guitar, gardening and cooking both Chinese and western food.

• Dali Shi, Senior Chinese Teacher & Private Tutor in charge of Suburban Area
  

As a senior-level Mandarin Chinese teacher,  Ms. Dali Shi has more than twenty years of experiences teaching Chinese Language. Ms. Shi worked as a Chinese language lecturer at Henan Province Women’s Academy and Tsinghua University of China, and she had taught Chinese at more than five Chinese Schools and Colleges in USA. She taught Gonzaga University in WA most recently before she joined the faculty team of Chicago Mandarin Chinese Center. Ms. Shi graduated from the Department of Chinese Language at Zhengzhou University and Fudan University. Besides her teaching work, she likes writing, cooking Chinese food and various sport activities.

• Anna Kwok, Cantonese Teacher and Interpreter
  

Anna Kwok was born and received formal education in Hong Kong. She graduated from Hong Kong Baptist University with a Bachelor Degree in Human Resources Management. Her past work experience was mainly related to human resources in a leading bank in Hong Kong. As a native Cantonese Chinese speaker, Anna is fluent in Cantonese language. She possesses good communication and interpersonal skills and is also able to teach Cantonese and Mandarin Chinese. She is always friendly, patient, and is passionate to teach Cantonese and share Hong Kong culture with people.

• Chengkuan (Levy) Zhou, Teenager & Adult Teacher
  

Right after Mr. Zhou graduated from Yunnan Normal University, China, he started to teach ESL immediately at the same university until December, 1995. As an exchange professor at South Dakota State University, he taught Chinese and gave presentations about China and Chinese Culture. He has multiple years of teaching experiences in various subjects both in China and the United States. Mr. Zhou received his bachelor degree in English language and his master Degree in linguistics and literature. He also received his second master's degree from South Dakota State University.

Mr. Zhou likes reading, literature, history, language learning, and Chinese calligraphy. He like Chinese food; and he like cooking, too. He likes sports and computer surfing as well. He likes watching World news. When he has time, he likes watching movies on computers. He has various hobbies.

• Emma Le Children and Teenager Teacher
  

Emma holds a Master of Arts in American Studies from Heidelberg University, Germany and a Bachelor of Arts in English from Suzhou University of Science and Technology, China. She has been a language tutor for individuals since 2003 and had worked as a language trainer for an American company in Shenzhen for one year. Emma also has over three years of solid experiences in administration, coordination and translation by working at international corporations. Emma is very interested and familiar with cross-cultural communications at both interpersonal and business levels. As a teacher, she is very patient, energetic and with a high sense of responsibility.

• Sophia Shi, Young Children & Youth Program
  

Sophia Shi, a native mandarin speaker from Beijing. She graduated from University of Huddersfield in 2004, majored in education in development. She also gained her MBA degree from University of Illinois at Chicago in 2010. Sophia has 4 years teaching experience and 6 years business profession background in China. She taught both business professionals and children (aged from 4—8) in professional language schools. With warm personality and highly sense of responsibility Sophia always earns respect and positive feedback from students, parents, and business clients. She believes that with strong interest and keep faith you will learn perfect Chinese.

• Jing Niu, Private Tutoring Program
  

As a native Mandarin Chinese speaker, Jing Niu has taught Chinese language for about 6 years. Her previous students include both adults and young children. Jing teaches both group classes and private tutoring classes for individuals. Jing Niu found teaching Mandarin Chinese a highly interesting and rewarding work. Jing thinks it is a great experience to see so many people opening their minds with an attempt to learn the language and to understand the Chinese culture.

• Molly Xu, Private Tutoring Instructor for Adult Program
  

Molly was a vocational high school teacher from 2008 to 2010. Molly taught almost 130 students for Chinese language and literature each year and she won the excellent teacher award for 2009-2010. Molly joined Chicago Mandarin Chinese Center in June and she teaches our learning members at different levels as well as the interesting and diverse Chinese culture. Molly's major advantages lie in following up people's psychological developments to educate adults and/or children to learn Mandarin Chinese in a fast and smart way. She is also good at listening and communicating. Molly's Hobbies include Reading Chinese books, Writing Chinese articles, Chinese food cooking(Chinese Medium chef), Recorder playing, Huangmei opera and singing.

• Xia Zhao, Chinese Teacher in charge of the cities of Woodstock, Crystal Lake, Belvidere, Maremgo, IL
  

As a native Mandarin Chinese speaker. Xia  has over-10 years of teaching work in China. Xia has been constantly exploring innovative and effective methods helping our learning members to get what they need within a short time. Xia also likes to find creative ideas to improve her teaching skills which are also able to make her class more interesting. Her motto is "Find problems and solve them, then you will make a big progress". Currently Xia is the only teacher in charge of the suburban cities such as Woodstock, Crystal Lake, Belvidere and Maremgo, IL.

• Honglian Dai, Chinese Language Teacher in charge of Houston, Texas
  

Graduated from Sias International University in 2006, Honglian continued to work with the International Student Program for one year and also taught Mandarin Chinese at Beginner-Level. The major courses Honglian taught include Chinese intensive reading, Chinese character writing as well as conversational Chinese. Honglian had broad experiences in one-no-one tutoring and group class teaching. Honglian has taught students coming from America, Japan, Korea, and some European countries.

• Deqiu Kong, Chinese Teacher in charge of Suburban Young Children Program
  

Deqiu received her Masters Degree from Nanjing Normal University.  A native Mandarin Chinese speaker, Deqiu has over 20 years experience teaching minors in China.  Her love for students, passion for teaching, and familiarity with Chinese history and culture, fuels her desire to provide a fun and pleasant Chinese language environment for children.

• Bo Lian, Mandarin Chinese Private Tutor for Adult Learning Program
  

Bo Lian has 5 years of teaching experiences in Mandarin Chinese in China and the United States. Bo Lian received her Master Degree from Illinois Institute of Technology with a major in Finance. Bo Lian is pursuing Chinese linguistics for her next goal. Bo Lian is happy to tutor students and spend pleasure time with children and willing to help people who would like to study Chinese business language. Bo Lian also maintains strong interests in sinology research and Chinese calligraphy.

• Shu Cao, Mandarin Teacher for Adult Learning Program
  

Shu Cao has worked as a tutor of Chinese Language in multi-culture families since 1995 and then she worked as a Chinese Language teacher in North Shore Chinese Christian Language School from August 2003 through March 2004. Shu Cao has experiences in teaching both Pre-Kindergarten Class (age 4 to 5) and adult lessons on a one-on-one private tutoring basis. Shu Cao has unrivalled passion in teaching both spoken and written Chinese domestically and internationally. The individuals and families she has tutored are mainly from U.S, South Korea, Thailand and Japan and the students' ages range from 4 to 50.

• Yijun Ding, Mandarin Chinese Teacher for Young Children & Youth Programs
  

Graduated from Hangzhou Normal University with a Bachelor's Degree in Chinese Language & Literature, Yijun also received her Master's Degree in English Studies & Communication from Valparaiso University. Yijun's strong Chinese academic background and language skills, as well as her engaging teaching ideas, make her class interesting and culturally involved. Her previous students come from both high school and college. The schools Yijun has ever taught include Washington Township High School and Confucius Institute. Yijun gained wide experiences in how to best improve students' Chinese learning ability. Now, she is a Ph.D candidate in Chinese Poetry.

• Tiffany Ting Fen, Mandarin Chinese Teacher for Weekend Young Children Program
  

Tiffany graduated from Southern Illinois University with a Master degree, double major in Intercultural Communication and Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL), and a Bachelor degree in Speech Communication.  During her time in college, Tiffany worked as a Chinese tutor conducting  study sessions and tutoring students for College level Chinese courses. Before coming to the states Tiffany worked at a children’s learning center teaching English to children ages 3-12. After graduation, she began working at a worldwide export trading company  translating Chinese and English business letters and contracts. Tiffany enjoys interacting with people and learning about different cultures. She has an outgoing personality.

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