Faculty

B.A. Human Development and Social Relations, Earlham College
M.S. Teaching English as a Second Language, FIU

Nancy Fletcher is the English Language Institute’s current Language Laboratory Program Coordinator and laboratory instructor. Born and raised in Ohio, she has taught and performed social work in Colombia and Mexico. She has been with the E.L.I. since 1986 in various capacities including Cultural Events Coordinator. She enjoys reading, camping and hiking with her sons in their scout and venture crew activities and, of course, teaching the wonderful and always interesting international students who come to the E.L.I.

B.A. Secondary Education
M.A. Teaching English as a Foreign Language, Murmansk State University
M.A. International Affairs, Florida State University

A native of Russia, Olga began as an ESL instructor at Murmansk State University. Prior to joining the faculty of the FSU Center for Intensive English Studies, she worked with several educational programs in public health at the FSU College of Medicine. While teaching academic English at CIES, she was also involved in curriculum development and materials design. She moved to Miami in 2013 and began working at the English Language Institute. She has a particular interest in teaching advanced grammar and academic reading. In her spare time, she enjoys reading, traveling, and photography

M.S. Curriculum and Instruction of Modern Languages (with a TESOL tract), FIU
PhD student, Teaching and Learning, FIU

Laura Lamour is originally from the Caribbean Islands, more specifically Guadeloupe, France. At the age of 5, her family moved to Canada, where they lived in Montreal, Quebec and Ottawa, Ontario. After 8 years of the harsh Canadian winter, her family decided to move to Miami, Florida, where the sun is always shining. She has resided here ever since.

She graduated from Florida International University with a bachelor’s and master’s degree. She taught in the public school system for 2 years and then transitioned to the English Language Institute as a graduate student.  She has been teaching there since September 2009 and absolutely loves every minute of it. She has helped developed several online programs, one of them being Reading Plus for all the reading levels.  ELI students have had great success developing their reading skills as a result.

What she loves most aside from teaching is traveling and discovering new places and cultures. One day, Laura hopes to travel the world and learn about the various cultures and traditions.

B.A. International Relations
M.S. TESOL, FIU

Peter began his teaching career in 1987 as an assistant d’anglais at a high school in France. After completing his master’s degree, he taught at the Wall Street Institute in Geneva, Switzerland for nearly two years before moving on to TASOK (The American School of Kinshasa) in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo. Since his return to the United States in 1995, Peter has taught at Miami-Dade College and at the ELI, where he continues to teach until this day. One of the things Peter enjoys most about his work is meeting students from so many different countries. He is currently involved in writing curriculum for the ELI and is continuously designing or redesigning materials for his courses. When not teaching, he likes to spend time outdoors: hiking, kayaking, or simply enjoying the beauty of God’s creation.