my story

I was born in a family of four siblings and you'd think a mom of four would be so busy and she'd have no time to focus on our education, right? Wrong! It was her sole goal in life for us to and our ways in life. My dad passed away when I was still in primary school but still, education kept to be a top priority in our family. We had to reach our dreams and my mom put us in the best international school to have access to the most up-to-date educational resources and learn English which was not our native language.

I was always good at school and my English and all other courses were great, but my younger sister even hated school and was so stubborn in attending school activities. She immersed herself in the world of her paintings and her scores suddenly dropped. We had the same teachers, but never the same scores. My mom always brought in di&erent tutors for her or tried to teach her herself. None worked! She asked me once to help her with math. As I started teaching her, I saw her drawing a comic figure in my book. I was a kid too, so I started laughing and got into painting with her. And the next second we were both learning math and painting. She got a good score in math the next day. It was then that I knew my sister DID understand; only the language of her world was di&erent from mine. My mom was very pleased with the result, and her words of encouragement made me realize there are different pathways to learning. 

Later I become even more interested in pursuing education; I managed to teach through dance and art to my bilingual students in international schools in the Middle East. And after getting my Ed.D. in education in the States, I decided nothing satisfies me more than teaching itself.

Here I am now, helping your kids face all the challenges in the education that they might have with a smile, some art spice, and of course with the most recent technologies and strategies in addition to the skills needed to help a child's mind and heart.

Fariba Bolourieh, EdD