Professeurs

Tess Cieux is a native Chicagoan with French nationality. She lived and worked in France for 24 years in the fields of teaching, tourism, and the environment. Tess travels to France regularly to visit family and to explore the latest trends in cuisine, design, and fashion. She incorporates these unique insights into her classes.

Armelle was born and raised in Châteauroux, in the center of France. She spent twenty-five years in Paris where she studied at La Sorbonne and worked as a government certified teacher, mentor, and pedagogical counsellor for l'Education Nationale. In 2005, a Fulbright grant allowed her to teach French as a foreign language in the US. She recently moved to Sarasota with her Franco-American husband and their daughter.


She has taught French to students from age 6 to age 91, to students with learning disabilities, gifted kids, students preparing their masters in French, their auditions or  their next trip to Paris. 



She is happy to offer French classes to the francophile community here. 

Catherine studied Education and Journalism at the University of Wisconsin, then worked as a French high school teacher in Wisconsin. Catherine moved to New York where she worked in international banking and finally as the creative director of an advertising agency. Catherine moved to Arcadia in 2002 where she has been teaching French to adults.

Sylvia Saba is a native French teacher from Nice, France.

She studied at the Université de Nice, France.

She has extensive experience in the teaching of French as a second language.

She has taught all levels of French from beginner to advanced in various schools in France and in the US and at the Université de Nice, France