If you’ve been following the Limitless Journey you may have noticed I’ve not recorded a Weekly Wrap-up in quite some time! Well, I’ve heard your feedback (thank you!) and have switched things up a bit. It’s been so ridiculously exciting and I needed some time to clearly define and best articulate where we’re heading. Tune […]

Vitto is the managing Partner of Pacific Prime. She helped bring the company from Hong Kong to Shanghai in 2003 and has been in Shanghai now for 13 years. Under Vitto’s lead, Pacific Prime has grown into an international company with five offices in four countries in East Asia and the Middle East. She is […]

Born in the US, Michelle has lived overseas for over 30 years and has worked in the education, global relocation and media industries. An 11-year resident of Shanghai, she is a frequent guest on ICS Culture Matters and most recently went back to her roots in education as the Director of Students for American Baby […]

Educator Debbie Burns has taught PreK through Grade 6 for over 30 years. For the past six years she has leveraged her passion for service by advocating the importance of service learning in educating active global citizens by seeking to instill a servant heart within her students. She agrees wholeheartedly with Aristotle that ”educating the […]

Michael Lambert has been helping students find their passions for over 30 years, teaching subjects from humanities to media literacy to driver’s education. He has lived and taught in the U.S., Saudi Arabia, Hong Kong and now Mainland China. Michael often uses film and other visual media in his classes as part of everyday instruction, […]

Erin Kent is a lifelong learner who is passionate about literacy. She has been an educator for close to 15 years and has taught students from second to tenth grade in the U.S., Chile and China. Erin spent her first four years at Concordia as a classroom teacher and the past five years as Elementary […]

As an award-winning educator, Terry Umphenour has poured his life experience in the military, as a writer, and as an avid outdoors man into his students for over 30 years; one-third of that at Concordia International School Shanghai. The result is transformational, especially for those students who are able to participate in his somewhat unconventional […]

Michael Boll is a technology enthusiast. And a teacher. The mix of these two passions has led him down some exciting paths in education over his career. He currently serves as a Technology Coach at Concordia International School Shanghai. Brenda Petersen is a High School Assistant principal at the same school and is a former […]

Anne Love is a high school science teacher who has taught biology, IB biology, environmental science (IB and AP), chemistry, earth science, physics, forensic science and ecology for over 15 years. She has taught at public schools in the United States and international schools in Bulgaria, the Philippines and now at Concordia International School in […]

Rachel Key studied Neuroscience at university and eventually transitioned into teaching Biology, Chemistry and Calculus. She has been a teacher now for seven years and has taught in the U.S., Korea, and China. The Concordia Welfare and Education Foundation awarded Rachel the “Dedication to Service Award” as recognition of her passion for service and public […]