Earning a Bachelor's Degree in Portuguese/English Languages and a graduate degree in Brazilian Literature from UNI-BH Centro Universitário de Belo Horizonte in MG, Brazil, ESL instructor Greice Zagray is a licensed educator and her diploma is recognized by the Ministry of Education.
Following her move to the United States in 2002, she continued her study of the English language through additional improvement courses, including Writing Composition at Bergen Community College in New Jersey, and English as a Second Language here at Harvard in Boston.
Educating with excellence since 1998, Greice has built a robust resume of experience ranging from public schools in Brazil, where she taught high school English, to private language schools here in the United States where she has helped countless immigrants
equip themselves with the skills needed to survive and thrive. In addition to teaching in these traditional classroom environments, she has also served as an ESL instructor for students individually. She has taught Portuguese to Americans as well as English to
Brazilians – at times focusing specifically on preparing her students with the knowledge needed to pass the American citizenship test.
She has been helping immigrants speak English and live the American dream since 2002. Her teaching methodology engages her students in a wide range of language learning components. These include grammar, conversation, American history,
American culture, and the interpretation of contemporary world-relevant texts. The amalgamation of these elements promotes the student’s ability to read, write and communicate critically and effectively.
Greice’s journey as an educator culminated in 2015 with the opening of the Mayflower Language Center, a school dedicated to the inclusion of immigrants and philosophically aligned with Paulo Freire's pedagogy. As such, respect for diversity is reflected in the teaching program and parallel to the study of English, students will also learn to interpret the world around them.