Újpesti Nyár Óvoda

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

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.

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.

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

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…

Chanelle was born in Cape Town and raised in South Africa.

Nicky was born and raised on the Isle of Wight, England and has been living in Budapest since 2012 and has a Hungarian husband.

Amy has been a member of the Bilingual Program for over five years and is currently working at Daisy, Colourful and Summer kindergartens. She is from the USA where she grew up in sunny Southern California, but before moving to Budapest, she lived in Texas for seven years, where she obtained her TEFL certificate.