Színes Gyerekkert 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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  • Nina Vaughan

    Nina Vaughan

    Native English Teacher

    Nina is from Liverpool in the UK.

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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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  • Eve Carter

    Eve Carter

    Native English Teacher

    Evie is originally from Nottingham, England and studied English Language and Linguistics at the University of Birmingham.

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  • Shelby Salisbury

    Shelby Salisbury

    Native English Teacher

    Shelby is from North Carolina in the United States of America but was living in Ireland this past year.

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  • Amira Bhamjee

    Amira Bhamjee

    Native English Teacher

    Amira is from South Africa and graduated from North-West University with a Bachelor’s degree in Health Sciences, and an Honours in Recreational Therapy. Throughout Amira’s university career, she has had the opportunity to work with a wide scope of people, it was through this that she discovered her love and passion for working with children.

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