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FROM OUR FOUNDER
A born-and-raised New Yorker with a passion for travel, culture, meeting people, learning new things, I’m proud to have created an ULTRA-PERSONALIZED English-language academy that has and will touch thousands of lives.
Through our unique MyEC (My English Coach) methodology, me and my team of AMAZING English coaches help 2nd language learners of English dream big and take action to get fluent in English and feel confident while LOVING THE PROCESS and themselves.
For as long as I can remember, I’ve been fascinated, even obsessed, with personal and professional development. I always needed to be better and learn something new every day. Cultures and languages mesmerized me. It’s what made me dream of traveling to exotic foreign lands when I was a 13-year-old teen and what eventually brought me to move from my hometown in New York to Santiago, Chile, as a 28-year-old adult in 2013.
I wanted to know:
How do people learn new things, specifically a new language? (I sure got that experience of immersion in Santiago).
Why are some more successful and happy than others when learning a new language? (I was more interested in finding happiness and my own definition of “success” in this new world).
How do you stay motivated, get fluent and confident? (While I faced my own challenges of moving abroad, language learning and culture shock, I wanted to also find the answer of how I could stay motivated and build confidence in myself 8,000 miles from home without my family and twin brother).
This was a period of self-discovery and, like all journeys, had its ups and downs. In 2017, lonely and lost in South America, I started to have panic attacks and went back to New York for 6 months to “cure my anxiety” and figure out what my next step was. I felt trapped, even though I wasn’t, and I knew my life was about to change.
I loved drawing and journaling and started to map out my life and interests; at that time, I literally drew a circle with three overlapping circles. Inside each circle, I thought of an area that lit me up. Teaching English was one. Coaching and motivation was the second. The third was Personal & Professional Development.
How would I connect these 3 dimensions to help me deal with my anxiety and fear and replace it with confidence?
One day it just came to me. Or rather, after watching many videos about my “old story” and my “new story,” I created a NEW story: “NY English Coach” because I was in New York. I said to myself: “It’s time for a new you, a new relationship with yourself, loving yourself, serving others instead of focusing on being perfect, to be more fluent and confident, and to have more “flow” and opportunities, with the help of English skills + Confidence and Coaching techniques.”
This was and is my story. I began to emerge from the ashes of anxiety, connected to my purpose based on living my life, connecting to people and serving them instead of looking to be “perfect.” My vision started to form organically. One Facebook post innocently asking if others had a Masters Degree in Teaching led to a goal of forming a group of fantastic professional teachers who could be molded into coaches that would inspire the best and most driven English language speakers to achieve their own life visions through English.
Coach Carla from California came onboard as our 1st coach, and at that point I didn’t yet know if I was able to be a business woman, as I was only a “teacher”. The vision was stronger than me and my lack of confidence though. I worked on my vision, confidence and abilities every day, building a routine of actions to learn about entrepreneurship, business, marketing, sales and innovation.
Eventually, “NY English Coach” transformed into “My English Coach Academy” or MyEC. We’re now a team of 15+ part-time teachers that use this same coaching/routine methodology I used to build my own business (and my own Spanish skills) to guide 2nd language speakers to fluency, confidence and empowerment. The company slogan “Empower Your English” is what we want for you: We want you to empower yourself through English.
The question is: Are you ready?
I’d love to learn more about you. Thank you for connecting, and, if you’ve read this far, book a 45-minute Discovery Call with me and my team. Let’s discuss your story and your vision, and how English + The MyEC Method will help you get there.
I’m excited for you and can’t wait to take this journey with you,
With wishes of self-love and confidence,
