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Are you planning a trip to Greece or Italy? Do you want to learn a few words in the local languages to help you order a coffee, find the best mezedes in town, understand what global headlines are about or simply want to finally begin to learn the language that you fell in love with on your summer vacation?

Then bid for this Greek or Italian lesson via Skype!

This item will include 4 hour-long language discussion classes (on the topic of your choice) that are perfect for complete beginners and those just wanting to brush up on their language skills a bit with a native speaker.

After more than a decade in Europe, Felina recently repatriated to California. She has more than 15 years of experience in the broader space of sustainability and international development, at the World Bank in Washington, DC, the European Union doing post-war reconstruction in Serbia, and as an advisor to the Minister of Foreign Affairs in Greece on issues related to international economic development.

Felina now advises on the triple-bottom line of people, planet and profit; empowering large and small companies to develop comprehensive, spiritually-grounded solutions to operational and strategic issues through the prism of sustainability.

A dual-national polyglot (she speaks five languages), Felina recently wrote and published her first book, on socially responsible investing, and has taught classes at the Omega Institute in Rhinebeck, NY on corporate social responsibility, sustainability and conscious capitalism and is currently teaching Buddhist meditation in Southern California.

She graduated magna cum laude with a BS from Georgetown University and an MA from Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies.

When not thinking, or drinking Nescafe Frappé, she practices Buddhist meditation.

Humor and fun are guaranteed! (Homework is not!)

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