Jordana Peters (MA, BA)

Instructor

Jordana Peters completed a B.A. in English and History at Simon Fraser University and her M.A. in English, also at SFU.

Jordana has been working with students in various capacities for years. She worked in Lithuania at the Summer Language Institute with international students from over 50 countries. She also worked for two years as a Teaching Assistant at SFU, where she further developed her love of teaching and her philosophy of education.

Her teaching style is student oriented and holistic with a focus on connecting students to the material and its real-world implications.

Cheryl Materi (MATESOL, TESOL, BA)

Instructor

Cheryl Materi studied Contemporary English Literature at Thompson Rivers University in Kamloops, BC. She began teaching English in China in 2008 then returned to Canada to complete the MATESOL program at Trinity Western University in Langley, BC. After teaching again in China, Cheryl returned to Canada and moved to Vancouver where she has been teaching at various institutions since 2015. Cheryl has been at Alexander College since 2020, teaching EASL, UPRE, and tutoring in the WLC.

Raheb Zohrehfard

Instructor

With his first degree in English Language and Literature, Raheb completed his post-graduate at UBC where he studied TESL. He has diverse teaching experience in EAP, Academic writing, Rhetoric, and communication (Capilano University, University Canada West, Fairleigh Dickinson University, Acsenda School of Management, Canadian College). He has post-graduate certificates in Rhetoric from the Faculty of Arts & Sciences at Harvard University and varied assessment credentials from Cambridge University and Stanford Center for Professional Development. His academic sphere of interest includes Rhetoric and Composition, Second Language Writing, English for Specific Purposes, Educational Assessment and Program Evaluation, and Research Methods.