Why Gaudi and what is my role here?

Why Gaudi? I love Gaudi!! I think it’s an amazing place, the positivity of the children and guides
makes the atmosphere the perfect place to teach, instead of wearing a suit and tie, I can wear
comfy clothes and roll around on the floor getting dirty and teaching English in a way that I think
works better than the conventional methods used.

Education.

I’m a fully qualified UK pharmacist with a Masters Degree in Pharmaceutical Compounding
gained at The Queen Mary University in London (This makes me an ‘Ing/Mgr, in Czech terms)
with five years’ experience working at a private hospital. I’m also a qualified EFL English
Teacher with eight years’ experience.

Teaching Experience.

For the last eight years I have had my own business called Anglický Učitel Angličtiny, where I
taught English mostly on a business level at places such as Tatra, Hydroscand, Topcore, Luielei
and Business Logic amongst others. I also taught at Svata Zdislava school in Kopřivnice until
COVID and our first lockdown put an end to it.

A little about me.

Ok, a little about me! The boring stuff first…… I’m from London, England, East London to be
exact and spent the first 40 years of my life there. Eight years ago I moved to Kopřivnice with
my Czech wife (whom I met in London) and two children, and yes it was a massive culture
shock! But I must admit I enjoy the slow pace of life, the friendliness of the people and the
beautiful nature around me. I have a million hobbies but I don’t really have much time for any of
them, my biggest passion is running, I used to run every other day, around 50km per week and I
ran in many competitions in this region, but a leg injury put an end to that. I also like drawing,
reading, learning guitar, photography, hiking with my dog, yoga, lifting weights and studying
sport science. Oh and did I mention? I love football!!