Level Coordinators/Teachers
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Aurélie

Hélène
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Aurélie is the Petits Écoliers in person teacher, the Collégiens 2 online class teacher as well as the PreK-K level coordinator. She has been involved in early childhood education for over 10 years, as a volunteer, assistant, and teacher. She holds an early childhood Montessori teaching certificate (3-6 years old).
Aurélie was born and grew up near Paris and moved to the Seattle area 15 years ago. She currently lives in Kirkland with her husband and their two children. Together, they enjoy exploring the beautiful Pacific Northwest and traveling back to Brittany and Italy to visit their family.
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My name is Hélène. I was born and raised in Montréal, Canada. I completed my Bachelor degree in Special Education with a specialty in Learning difficulties, and taught 18 years in First Grade. I have been living in this magnificent PNW region since 2004. I enjoy spending my free time with my husband, my two grown up boys, and my adorable dog. I have been with E.F.G.S. since January 2011. This school year, I will be teaching Les Écoliers 2 online, Les Grands-Écoliers 1 and Les Grands-Écoliers 2 in person. I am as well the Program Coordinator for the Elementary Level. I enjoy spending time with my family, watching movies, reading, camping, hicking, gardening, and exploring Washington and all it has to offer. Before concluding, I would like to share this beautiful quote from Maria Montessori "The joy of learning is as essential to intelligence as breathing to the runner". 

Muriel

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Muriel Vasseur has been a teacher at the EFGS association since 2015. She left her native country of France, and her region of Franche-Comté, to live a great adventure in the USA with her husband and to build a family there. Eager to find a Francophone association to meet other people speaking French, she had the opportunity to register her two children from a young age to EFGS school. Happy with this new conjunction, she made her debut at EFGS as a volunteer in the early grades. Passionate about this profession and dedicated, she invested a lot in her first 3 years of teaching in the early childhood classes. She then had the chance to teach the older ones in elementary school. An interactive level that she loves while willingly taking care of the little ones. Creative mind and attracted to visual art, she always has this desire to find new tools and ideas both visual and fun to allow the student to learn French while having fun. 
Her first objective is achieved if the child is happy to come and share good times in his class with his French-speaking friends. She frees herself in her house to do crafts and artistic creations, she loves to maintain her garden. Her children are now 13 and 14 years old, a good age to discover new places and new activities with the family. She will end with this beautiful quote from Norbert Kalfon « Teaching a language is proposing a trip, learning it is leaving » So let's go on a trip! ​
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Teachers

Eléonore

Aurélia
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I'm Eléonore and I'm really glad to take care of "Les petits bouts" this year.
I was born and raised in Normandy. Before my move to Seattle, I lived with my family near Paris for 15 years.
After my master's degree in midwifery in France. I worked almost 10 years with pregnant women. Then, 6 years ago, I became a teacher in midwifery for health's students. I was also a parent delegate in the French school of my children for 3 years. I then discovered my passion for teaching which I practice with kindness and patience.
I like to cook, especially French pastry and I have been playing the piano since I was 12 years old. With my husband and our two children (3 and 7 years old), we love to hike, ski and travel. We are really happy to live in the "Emerald City".
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​​Bonjour. I am Aurelia and I am teaching Les Petits Apprentis in person class this year. I am interested in education, and I have been homeschooling and providing French language support to my two children. I am French, from Dijon, and I have been in US for 13 years and in the Seattle area for 10 years. I enjoy spending time with my family and my pets, cooking and yoga.

Cécile

Nadège
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Bonjour! My name is Cécile Munro-Lynch and I have been working at EFGS for several years in the past. I got my teaching degree in France in 2003, and taught there before moving to Seattle for the first time in 2006. In 2008, I went back to France for a master’s degree in teaching French as a second language, which I completed in 2010. I am also passionate about the Montessori philosophy and have been doing some independent study of the topic over the past two years.
I grew up in Normandy near Evreux and I love to go back there when I have the opportunity. I met my husband two years after moving to Seattle and we now live in the Seattle area with our two sons aged 11 and 4. We really enjoy our life in the Pacific Northwest and we love the outdoors (hiking, biking, kayaking…).
I am really delighted to be back at EFGS this year and I will be teaching “Les Ecoliers 1” (in person).
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Nadege Margaria is from Nice France. Right after finishing her "Maitrise d'Histoire de l'Art", at Aix-Marseilles University in Aix-en-Provence in May 2003, she moved to the States in San Diego CA. Being completely immersed in the American culture, she quickly became bilingual. San Diego is where she started her Yoga journey, she then became an instructor, and started teaching dance classes during that time as well. 
Her passion for teaching is obvious.
In 2005 she returned to Nice for 3 years where she taught dance and yoga all over the French Riviera. In 2008 she returned to the States, this time moving to Leavenworth WA. She then kept teaching dance, yoga and fitness, and was the French tutor for 2 school girls for 4 years. She got her Fitness and Health Coach certification through NASM in 2020. This last Spring she got a full time job at the French Immersion School of WA and moved with her teenager to Issaquah, which they love! She will be teaching the Saturday morning class Ecoliers 2

Virginie

Ludivine
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I was born and raised in France, in a small village near Dijon, Burgundy. After high school, I left France to go to England to learn English. This is where I discovered a passion for travel which led me to work in the travel and airline industry for more than 7 years.
I moved a lot and lived in different countries the past 24 years including 2 years in England, 2 years in Canada, 10 years in Ireland and now 10 years here in the U.S.A.
I have two daughters and together with my husband we enjoy the numerous outdoor activities the region has to offer from mountain biking, hiking to snowboarding.
I am very excited to join the EFGS’ team this year as a Teacher.
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Ludivine was born in Normandy, a region of northern France. She completed a Master’s Degree in Business Administration in Paris. After a 15-year career in marketing in large Parisian real-estate and banking companies, she decided to change careers and become a teacher in order to promote the French language in her country of adoption. She has experience teaching both kids and adults and has been working with the E.F.G.S. team since 2018. This school year, she will be teaching Collégiens 3 et Experts. Her hobbies include cooking, baking, and traveling as she explores the USA.

Cyrille

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​Bonjour ! Originally from the Paris area, I came to Seattle after I received my Master’s degree in English and US Social Studies. I first taught French at Highline College and then transitioned to teaching English to our population of immigrants and refugees in the Greater Seattle. I later received a post-Master’s degree from Seattle U in Education and Language Teaching. Throughout my career as an educator, I’ve developed a deep passion for cultures, languages, literacy, diversity, and inclusion. My daughter has been a student at EFGS for 10 years now. As a parent, I’ve volunteered in my child’s classrooms and also coordinated our very own library system for a few years. This school year, I will teach the Collégiens 1 in-person class alongside Lisa. I am looking forward to helping our children develop their love and mastery of our French language, and explore the many francophone cultures! When my time is not spent teaching, I love to be with friends and family, hiking, camping, reading, travelling, and always learning.

Assistants

Ilona

Nina
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My name is Ilona and I was born in Ireland from French parents. When I was two, my parents moved to Montreal, Canada and this is where I really started speaking French. Two years later, we all moved back to Ireland. I traveled a lot with my parents, and I have been living in the U.S.A for the past ten years. I have a younger sister, named Catríona who is 14. I love children and I had the opportunity to work in a preschool and in a Montessori school as an intern when I was in high school. I graduated from Gibson Ek high school in June which is a project-based school where students have no grades. Currently, I am a college student in graphic design at Seattle Central College. I love sports and practice bouldering regularly and snowboarding during the winter.
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Hi there! My name is Nina and I’m an assistant for the Petits Bouts class this year! I am a high school student here in Seattle. Both of my parents are French and so French, along with English, are my first languages. I joined the EFGS team in October of 2020 as an online assistant in the Petits Bouts class and the Écoliers 1 class and I am excited to continue assisting in-person this year! My hobbies are piano, Ultimate Frisbee, and reading! ​

Anaelle

Sonia
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Hi! My name is Anaelle, this year is my second year as an assistant teacher for EFGS! I was born and raised in France until I was 12. I moved in the USA in 2018 and it is where I started to learn English! I am currently a high school student based in Bellevue and I love to run and swim during my free time! ​
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Bonjour everyone, my name is Sonia and I will be the assistant teacher for "Les ecoliers 1" this year. I am from Marseille and I was a chemist in the steel industry before moving to the US. 
My husband and I arrived in California in January 2010 where my son was born, and in 2013 we moved to Seattle.
In San Diego, my son and I were in cooperative preschool where I was assisting the teacher. In 2016, I had the opportunity to be a playground supervisor in a public school and in 2018 an assistant teacher for second graders.
I love birds watching, Legos and watching the night sky with my telescope.

Zoe

Chiara
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I’m an assistant for Les ecoliers 1. Both of my parents are French, so the French culture and language has always been a big part of my life. Having just joined, I am very excited to be part of the EFGS team this year. I am a senior in highschool and in my free time I love to do aerial dancing (although I am an amatuer), to read or watch movies and learn new instruments (my new endeavor is guitar)!
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Marco

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Directors

Lisa

Aurélie
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I am very honored and pleased to be the new EFGS Program Director as well as the Lycéens teacher. I have been working at EFGS first as a volunteer then as a teacher for the past 5 years, while working fulltime at a private local school as a French, Spanish and Video Production teacher. I was born in Normandy, France, in a family of 3 children and bathed in a multicultural environment through my mother who is from Réunion island (French territory). I completed my Bachelor and my Master’s degree in Education and teaching, as well as achieving the “concours de l’Éducation Nationale” in France. I arrived in the US (in Seattle) in August 2016. I am now married to an American, and I have a 07-year-old stepdaughter.
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Aurelie is the Executive Director of EFGS, in charge of all the things that are not related to the academic part of the program :-)
She has been in the US for 13 years, and in Seattle for 6.  She was on the Board of Directors as the Treasurer until three years ago when she took over the Finance/Admin Direction. Her 3 kids are at EFGS, 2 of whom Collégiens in the online program, and one in the in-person Grand Ecoliers class. She enjoys the Pacific Northwest very much being an avid hiker and backpacker.

Board of Directors

Alain  President                         

 Arnaud  Vice President                       
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​A mechanical engineer by trade, Alain Durand worked successively in the construction, automotive and aerospace industries. After in financial then general management positions. He is currently the CFO of TEAGUE, a leading design firm based in Seattle. Alain moved to Seattle in 2014 with his family. His wife Roshini volunteered at EFGS for several years. He has been on EFGS board since 2015, as the treasurer for 3 years, and as it s President since January 2019.
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Arnaud has an engineering background and worked for different major software companies as a sales engineer or as a partner manager. Arnaud is originally from France  where he spent his time between Paris and Brittany. His parents and twin brother still live in Brittany where he loves travelling there when travels are permitted. He moved to Seattle, WA in 2017 with his lovely wife Emmanuelle and two young kids, Maxence (10 yo) and Aurel (6yo).  Both kids speak French fluently and are enrolled at EFGS in Petite Section and Grand Ecolier.Arnaud values communication and acknowledges French language also as a vehicle of the French culture. He appreciates how EFGS allows his kids to also keep a strong connection with their French roots and hopes that this will help many other families to get exposed to it as well.

Céline  Secretary

Ludovic  Board Involvement Chair
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​Born in the USA from French parents, she grew up in Rouen, on the Seine river and would spend her summers in Brittany. At the end of her School of Engineering master program, she did a 6-month internship in Bellevue for a software company and fell in love with the region. 
She has now lived in the Puget Sound since 2003 with her husband Scott, Scott’s son, Noah, and their two daughters, Chloé and Léa.
Céline understands deeply the challenges of bilingualism raising the girls in a bilingual family and was thrilled to find the EFGS FLAM program for them to strengthen their connection to the French language and cultures, and to value their bilingual uniqueness and cultivate it. 
After volunteering regularly for the program, Céline got the opportunity to get involved in a more direct way and support the managing board by taking on the new role of Program Director in August 2016. She then transitioned to Assistant Director 2 years later when she moved to Bellingham. in 2021, after retiring from the position, she joined the EFGS board as she wished to continue to contribute to its mission.
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​Ludovic is originally from France and came to the United States in 2009 with his wife Sara, who is originally from Seattle. After living in New York City, they moved to San Francisco in 2010, and then to Seattle in 2013. They have 3 children, Alexandre, Margot and Elliot. Alexandre and Margot speak French fluently and are enrolled at EFGS. The youngest, Elliott, will do the same once he's old enough. Throughout his professional career, Ludovic has worked in team and project management to localize content for video game publishers. French education is an important value for his family so Ludovic is excited to contribute to expanding Francophone culture in Seattle.

Sophie Co-Founder & Communication Chair  

Megan Community Chair    
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Originally from France, Sophie moved to the US in 2000 and to Seattle in 2008 with her family. Not long after her arrival in the PNW, she worked with a small group of francophone parents to start a French afterschool program in the area. Their vision was to offer their children a place where they could get a quality French language education and build friendships within the community. This would become EFGS in 2009. As one of the founders, she served on the Board as its President until 2017 and stays actively involved on an Honorary basis.  While her background is in Business and Marketing, she is pursuing her interest in providing solutions to families facing the challenges of raising bilingual children  ​
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A native Californian, Megan studied French in school and spent a year in Rennes in Brittany going to lycée and living with a host family. She has worked as an engineer and project manager in aerospace followed by a short stint with a big tech company. She moved with her family to Seattle in 2020 and found EFGS soon after. Her children Poppy, Piper, and Félix speak French and Mandarin at home, and value both the education and the rich community ties that EFGS brings. When not volunteering with EFGS, Megan enjoys bouldering and playing classical music.

Camille Treasurer    ​

Marie-Jo Education Chair    ​
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Camille was born in France. She started her career in finance in London and Hong Kong and first came to the US in 2014 to get her MBA. After graduating, she joined a tech company working on digital content acquisition and distribution. Camille moved back to the US and to Seattle in 2020 with her husband Frederic and their two sons, Theodore and Benjamin. The family speaks French at home and are very glad to have the EFGS support their efforts to have bilingual kids. They love to spend time in the French Landes every summer and enjoy skiing and sailing in the PNW the rest of the year.