Teaching Staff - Downtown

Downtown

	Kevin Coria Kevin has many years of experience in the ESL ( English as a Second Language) industry. He is a classically trained musician who has performed and traveled all over he world. Kevin has taught ESL since 2000 and loves meeting people from different cultures and learning new languages. For the past three years Kevin has been training ESL teachers in the United States and South America.

Wil Dytico

One of the few San Diego natives still in San Diego, Wil Dytico currently teaches an intermediate level class at our downtown location. After graduating from San Diego State University with a degree in Psychology and Japanese, he traveled to Japan to test out his new language skills and found that his Japanese was not as good as he thought. When not helping students perfect their California surfer slang, Wil can be found rock climbing, thinking about going to the beach, or enjoying relaxed San Diego life.

Dana Jennings

Dana Jennings is a full-time teacher at the downtown campus. A native of Illinois, she started teaching ESL to business professionals in Chicago while getting her undergraduate degree in language. She then took up teaching a variety of ages and levels, from children to retirees, for 2 years in Padova, Italy. She has been working at IAE since August of 2008 and enjoysteaching TOEFL preparation classes as well as other levels. In her free time, she likes reading, doing outdoor activities in San Diego's fabulous weather, volunteering at the aquarium, and spending time with her husband and two cats.

Jenny Ginger

Jenny Ginger is a full-time instructor and Head Teacher at the downtown San Diego IAE location. She grew up in Portland, Oregon and received her Master's Degree in Education at the University of Oregon in Eugene (Go Ducks!).With a combined total of 8 years in the field of ESL, she has worked with all ages and levels of English Language Learners. Jenny lived and taught for one year in Seoul, Korea, and had the wonderful experience of traveling to many wonderful countries in Asia. Her favorite activities include hiking, reading, and going to see live music. Jenny is glad to be enjoying her time in the sunshine in San Diego as well as with the wonderful students here at IAE.

Carol Robertson

Carol runs nearly every day, but slowly! She also meditates every day, but slowly! She speaks Spanish, but also slowly! She has taught English in Spain and England. Right now she lives in City Heights with a handsome garden and two cats. She has tried kayaking and wants to do it again, and also she really loves hiking and camping. Her dream is to visit Nepal and India again, and continue her Buddhist studies. She would like someday to teach English in Nepal or India.

Elizabeth Grant

Elizabeth Grant studied International Relations at the University of Southern California (Go Trojans!), where she had the opportunity to study a semester in Spain. Her amazing abroad experience led her to spend a year teaching English on the beautiful island of Ibiza. Back in her native California, she is passionate about her students and teaching English and is currently getting her Masters degree in English. When she is not busy studying the Trojan's football playbook, she loves cooking, traveling, and keeping her Spanish from getting rusty.

Sarah Granby

Sarah Granby is an experienced ESL teacher with over 10 years of teaching experience. She studied Economics at Northwestern University in Evanston, IL and spent the year after graduation in Spain teaching English. She has also worked for multiple non-profit organizations and at one time owned her own small business teaching English and Spanish at local companies in San Diego. She enjoys salsa dancing, traveling and corny jokes.