Ana Silva is a Portuguese teacher, living in Qatar since 2016. She earned a Portuguese and French degree from the University of Aveiro, which qualified her to teach Portuguese to adults, teenagers and children. This is her third year teaching in Qatar but she started her teaching career in 2008. She worked at the Portuguese Catholic University, teaching Portuguese as a foreign language, at the University of Minho, teaching Culture, Language and Communication, and in some public and private schools and languages centers. She is an enthusiastic, dynamic and creative language professional. Apart from Portuguese, she is fluent in French, English and has a good command of Spanish.

Cristina Caramujo is a highly experienced teacher of Portuguese with more than twenty years of teaching the language in various schools, in Portugal. She holds a Bachelor’s degree in Portuguese and English Studies from the University of Coimbra, with additional teacher training and testing. She likes to lead dynamic classes using a variety of resources and materials to help students better understand the Portuguese language and culture. Cristina has since moved around having lived 6 years in England and 5 years in the UAE, where she tutored English and Portuguese as a second language to students of different ages and backgrounds. She enjoys working in a multicultural environment and has, since January 2020, joined TII Language Center, in Doha. Besides English and Portuguese, she speaks basic Spanish and German and is now learning Arabic.

Leonor Serra’s academic background is in Applied Foreign Languages from the Portuguese Catholic University of Lisbon. She also holds a post-graduation in Management of People and Knowledge from the Superior Institute of Management of Lisbon. Leonor is a passionate, encouraging and supportive language professional who likes to facilitate the learning process and creates a dynamic classroom atmosphere. With her positive and pleasant attitude, she aims to teach and communicate Portuguese language and culture. Over the past seventeen years, Leonor’s experiences have brought her around the world, and, before coming to TII Language Center in 2019, she tutored English and Portuguese as a second language to students of different ages and backgrounds. Besides English, Portuguese and Italian, she speaks basic French and Spanish.