Bulgarian School Otets Paissii
Current Instructors
Vanya Zankina
Bulgarian Language and Social Studies
Vanya Zankina has been teaching Bulgarian language to adults as well as to children at the Bulgarian School Otets Paissii since 2011. She developed several curricula in Bulgarian language and adapted those to the various ages and skill levels of children of Bulgarian origin born in the United States.
Vanya has masters degrees in Civil Engineering from the University of Architecture and Civil Engineering, Bulgaria and in Industrial Management from the Technical University Braunschweig, Germany. She has a post-graduate degree in Information Management at the State Department of Science & Technology in Moscow. She studied in the German High School in Bulgaria. Her language skills enabled her to teach foreign languages to children and adults back in Bulgaria. In the U.S. she developed the online curricula in German language for all levels for the Pennsylvania Cyber School. Her curricula are used by online schools in six other American states.
Milena Yalamova-Dwyer
Bulgarian Language
Milena Yalamova-Dwyer teaches Bulgarian language at the Bulgarian School Otets Paissii. A native of Sofia, Bulgaria, she studied applied linguistic at the New Bulgarian University in Sofia. While still in Bulgaria, she taught middle-school English at the 142 School Veselin Hanchev, as well as adult English classes in the Institute for Foreign Students in Sofia.
Since immigrating to the U.S., Milena has been involved with children in various capacities: as a Homeroom Parent, an after-school activity aide, and a board member of the Parent-Teacher Organization of St. Rosalia Academy. Milena is also a registered volunteer for the Girl Scouts of Western Pennsylvania.
For more detailed information about instructors and the school’s administrative team, please email us at bgschool@bmnecc.org.
