Dr. Miri Yochanna is a freelance ESL materials developer and editor based in Israel. With over 27 years of experience in education, linguistics and technology, she is a highly seasoned teacher trainer with expertise in assessment and curriculum development. Currently, she teaches at Kibbutzim College of Education in Tel Aviv, where she delivers courses in methodology, linguistics and the integration of technology in the classroom. She trains current and future ESL teachers, and conducts extensive research on bilingualism among novice teachers.
After earning a bachelor’s degree in Teaching English as a Foreign Language from Levinsky College of Education, Miri went on to complete a Master of Arts in TESOL from the University of London. In 2014 she completed a PhD in Linguistics from Bar-Ilan University, where she focused her research on the narrative ability of bilingual preschoolers.
Previously, Miri was Head of the English Division at the Center for Educational Technology. She established her consultancy in 1999, and since then has worked with auspicious clientele such as GHI Media, where she works as a pedagogical consultant for their television and internet-based series.
Miri credits her success to being hard working, diligent and reliable, and having gained considerable professional expertise. She is dedicated to encouraging other women to succeed, to take a leap of faith in their future and abilities. Outside of her professional endeavors, she enjoys oil painting, exercise, reading and travel.
Worldwide Association of Female Professional Member Miri Yochanna, PhD can be found on the Association Directory, where she is looking forward to networking with you.
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Paola Musumeci is the Founder and General Manager of Elite Yacht Service and Elite Luxury Service in Sicily, Italy. With over 18 years of experience in hospitality management and tourism, she has built her company on a reputation of excellence and efficiency. Available to clients 7 days a week and 24 hours a day, Elite Yacht Service offers yacht service and assistance to customers across the entirety of Sicily and the Aeolian Islands.
In addition to yachting services such as berth reservations, shipyard service and arrival/departure clearance, Elite Yacht Service offers ground transportation services and rentals, bunkering, guided and personal tour organization, private winery tours, cycling or motorcycle tours and rentals, on board floral arrangements, courier services, laundry services, helicopter or private jet reservations, spa services, private cooking classes, general concierge services and travel arrangements. They are known for their excellent rapport with clients, guest, captains and crew, and ensure every detail is cared for and considered.
After earning a degree in Political Science and Economics from the University of Catania, Paola went on to complete a master’s in marketing from the Accademia di commercio e turismo di trento. She launched her career in hospitality and hotel management, and oversaw operations at the Hotel Royal and Hotel airone.
Looking ahead, Paola hopes to expand her services to include other regions of Italy as well as Spain. She credits her success to being a creative problem-solver, able to learn and adapt quickly, and having a dynamic personality.
Women’s Networking Association Member Paola Musumeci can be found on the Association Directory, where she is looking forward to networking with you.
Haifa Abedalhaleem joined International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) in July 2007, rising through the ranks to eventually become the Protected Areas Programme TABE’A Programme Coordinator. TABE’A Programme has been the main focal point for IUCN’s work on World Heritage in the Arab States since 2011. Haifa has developed and managed the IUCN’s TABE’A Programme, hosted and implemented by the UNESCO-a recognized second Category Centre the Arab Regional Centre for World Heritage (ARC-WH) based in Bahrain.
TABE’A is part of IUCN’s global World Heritage Programme and involves coordination with all IUCN regional and country offices in the Arab region, and with the State Parties and other World Heritage actors in the region. Haifaa has co-authored two IUCN reports in 2011 and 2015, which are the basis for the TABE’A programme and mobilize regional efforts and collaboration on World Heritage in the Arab States. She has also contributed to a range of other technical publications and studies.
She is very passionate about her work, and is highly knowledgeable in the areas of non-profits, budgeting, and planning. She is looking forward to sharing her expertise and connecting to like-minded women.
Women’s Networking Association Member, Haifa Abedalhaleem, can be found on the Association Directory, where she is looking forward to networking with you.
With over 25 years of experience, Barbara Cupiti is a freelance translator, interpreter and teacher of Italian, English and French at Barbara Cupiti Servizi Linguistics. Beginning her work in 1984, she has never stopped her education and training. She is currently an agent for foreign language schools and organizations as well as the tourism industry. She works with local and global businesses, entrepreneurs and individuals to help them with languages and works together with native speakers and language coaches and consultants.
Barbara says translation is an attempt; a desire to communicate and understand the other with whom we do not share a common language. It is the search for meaning that includes transformation, transmutation, interpretation, carrying over, and even removal. It involves the desire to understand, to find and to make meaning. Translation is not as easy and straightforward as it seems. It implies the transfer of a system of signs and codes, which also comes with the weight of culture and history, to another such system of sign and codes, with a different history and culture. There are even words which cannot be translated from one language to another simply because they do not exist in the target language.
Teaching is based on developing communication skills and encourage active listening, pronunciation practice and speaking. Barbara and her powerful team at Barbara Cupiti Servizi Linguistics offer an innovative and powerful new approach to language acquisition; we really like and enjoy working in a network:, helping each-other and growing together for a better service and new experiences. Based in Tuscany, in a beautiful area situated between Florence, Lucca, Pistoia and Pisa, they provide tailored coaching, training and homestay solutions.
Barbara has been President of the Twin-Town Association since 2014, and has been Vice-President of her town volunteer organization for five years, Vice-President of a female group of entrepreneurs in a national organization, an active mother in the school, and a volunteer in the care of older people.
Also a prolific writer, Barbara has co-authored a book on her expertise. Moving forward, she plans to grow and develop her business and to apply her core values of persistence and collaboration. When not engaged with work, Barbara enjoys travel, reading, theatre and spending time with her two children.
Women’s Networking Association Member, Barbara Cupiti, can be found on the Association Directory, where she is looking forward to networking with you.
Eishita Alam is a Commercial Banking/ Financial Institutions Professional for Standard Chartered PLC. She has 15 years of experience in her professional field. As a Credit Analyst, she builds portfolios for commercial banking and financial institutions businesses, prepares proposals and works on structuring transactions. She is also responsible for keeping relationships with high profile clients. Eishita has always loved working with numbers, and possesses extensive expertise in financial analysis, financial problem solving and communication.
Some of her prior experience includes working with Standard Chartered PLC for 13 years both in commercial banking and financial institutions. She recently relocated to Canada where she is re-launching her career with vast experience in risk management.
Eishita has a Master’s Degree from the University of Dhaka in 2007. Eishita won the Best Team Award in 2013. In the next few years her primary goal is to move into management. She is looking forward to networking and connecting with other like-minded professionals, and to gaining the recognition and credibility of being a member. Find her on https://www.linkedin.com/in/eishita-alam/ for more information.
Women’s Networking Association Member, Elshita Alam, MBA, can be found on the Association Directory, where she is looking forward to networking with you.
