Óbudai Százszorszép Óvoda

  • Thessalia Petrou

    Thessalia Petrou

    Bilingual Program Manager

    Thessi’s name reflects her background, as she was born and raised in Hungary to a Cypriot father and a Hungarian mother.

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  • Czvitkovics Fanni

    Czvitkovics Fanni

    Bilingual Program Coordinator

    Fanni joined the Bilingual Program Team in December 2022 as a Bilingual Program Coordinator for the Óbuda-and Nyár Kindergartens. After high school she graduated with a double major in Hungarian Studies and Hungarian as a Foreign Language Teacher at Eötvös Loránd University.

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  • Gina Harsanyi

    Gina Harsanyi

    Teacher Coach

    Gina was born and raised in Sydney, Australia by parents of Italian origin. She met her Hungarian husband in Australia and moved to Budapest with him and her 3 daughters in 2001 and has been living here ever since.

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  • Dana Palojtay-Thiessen

    Dana Palojtay-Thiessen

    Teacher Coach

    Dana was born in Canada and moved to Hungary in 1989 with her family. Music has always been a big part of her life and she began her musical training in flute at the age of 6. She received her diploma in Flute Performance at McGill University in Montreal, QC. Throughout her life, Dana has…

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  • Bazsó Beáta

    Bazsó Beáta

    Teacher Coach

    Bea is a qualified kindergarten teacher who graduated from the Budapest Teacher Training College with a degree in Early Childhood Education.

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  • Lara Parmley

    Lara Parmley

    Native English Teacher

    Lara is from the UK, however she grew up around multiple countries, mainly South-East Asia.

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  • Susan Issa

    Susan Issa

    Native English Teacher

    Susan was born and raised in New York and graduated with a Bachelor’s degree in Sociology.

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  • Carys Davies

    Carys Davies

    Native English Teacher

    Carys was born and raised in Wales and graduated from The University of South Wales in 2015 with a Bachelor’s degree in Childhood and Youth Studies.

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  • Callan Goulding

    Callan Goulding

    Native English Teacher

    Callan was born and raised in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.

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  • Emese Szentgyörgyi

    Emese Szentgyörgyi

    Native English Teacher

    Emese was born in Budapest and grew up in the USA as well as Hungary. She is starting her first year as a member of the Bilingual team. She recently moved back to Hungary after spending a year and a half working in New York. Emese graduated from ELTE University where she obtained her Bachelor’s…

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  • Carly Fitz

    Carly Fitz

    Native English Teacher

    Carly is from Charlotte, North Carolina in the United States and is an incredibly passionate and perpetual student who loves being in the vanguard of life when it comes to travel and culture! She received her education at Suffolk University in Boston with a degree in public relations and a minor in sociology.

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  • Anika Harsányi

    Anika Harsányi

    Native English Teacher

    Anika Harsányi was born and raised in Sydney, Australia. She grew up in a bilingual household and has been exposed to multiple languages from a very young age. Anika joined the Bilingual Program over 10 years ago and after some time away she is returning as Main Teacher in Daisy group at Colourful kindergarten.

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  • Janet Gulish

    Janet Gulish

    Native English Teacher

    Janet moved to Budapest in 2017 from a small town outside Cleveland, Ohio with her fiancé and her dog.

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