Born in the United States, Anja cultivated a deep passion for languages and the art of storytelling from a young age.
During her university career, she spent a year in Rome, an experience that not only allowed her to deepen her linguistic and cultural skills but also to develop a solid ability for intercultural communication. During that time, she taught English to both individuals and groups of students, as well as collaborating on an educational program dedicated to children at the American Embassy of Rome.
She graduated with honors from Temple University in Philadelphia and subsequently obtained her TEFL (Teaching English as a Foreign Language) certification.
She then continued her career as an English teacher in primary and secondary schools in the Legnano area (Lombardy), actively contributing to the promotion of a communicative and dynamic teaching approach.
Since 2025, she has been part of the staff of St Philip School.
He has been on the staff of St Philip School since 2025.
Gustavo Alejandro Leguizamon
Born in Buenos Aires and raised in Miami in a multiethnic family - American mother, Argentine father, Brazilian grandmother and French grandfather - he grew up speaking English, Spanish, French, Portuguese and Arabic from an early age, languages that were intertwined daily in the family context, where communication naturally took place in multiple idioms.
A lifelong lover of languages and movement, he graduated with a degree in Exercise Science with a specialization in Sports Physiology and Soccer. During this time, he also worked as an athletic trainer for the Argentine Association of Aerobic Gymnastics. He then completed a bachelor's and master's degree in Conference Interpreting in Argentina. He then completed a second master's degree in Conference Interpreting and Language Mediation in Italy, working with the English, Spanish, and Italian languages.
In 2006, he moved to Rome from San Francisco and began working as a conference interpreter for international events. In parallel, he teaches English and Spanish, physical education and robotics in several Roman schools, also devoting himself to preparing students of all ages for the Cambridge (English) and DELE (Spanish) language certification exams.
He is currently part of the permanent faculty of the SSML San Domenico University in Rome, where he teaches Translation and Interpretation (Spanish and English language) and Spanish Literature. He also collaborates in the translation of Spanish-language texts for several private sector organizations. He holds qualifications in the new teaching methodologies for foreign language teaching, with specific training in CLIL methodology for English and Spanish.
During his academic career, he immediately approached English as a second language, earning a degree in English Language and Linguistics at the University of Naples.
In those years he experienced managing and participation in numerous educational projects and presentations that brought him closer to the world of teaching.
In 2017 he obtained the Cambridge CELTA certification for teaching English to foreigners and began his teaching career in language schools in Spain. During these years, he enhances his skills in preparing for the Cambridge exams. In 2019 he obtained the position of English Teacher at the Liverpool School of English in the United Kingdom, where for the first time he was confronted with a multilingual school environment. The experience in Liverpool allowed him to enhance the communication skills of English applied to a multicultural context.
In 2020 he was admitted to the University of Arizona, USA and obtained a master's degree in Teaching English as a Second Language.
Thanks to his international experiences he has developed a philosophy that is founded on the value of teaching as facilitating knowledge and practice, with a strong emphasis on engaging and collaborative activities adapted to the interests of his students and their different learning aptitudes.
From 2023 he joins the staff of St Philip School.
After graduating from Liceo classico Maria Teresa moved to Rome to enrol at Università LUMSA. She earned her M.A. in Clinical Psychology (cum laude) with an experimental thesis on preschool learning.
She went on to complete a postgraduate course as School Activity coordinator.
In 2022 she earned her M.A in Education sciences. She is currently in the process of earning a further M.A. in primary education at Rome-based LUMSA.
Always eager to broaden her knowledge base, Maria Teresa is a passionate scholar of childhood learning who thrives on facing as many educational challenges as possible.
Maria Teresa has been involved in numerous education charities, and worked with SEN children at Rome-based Istituto Leonarda Vaccari. In 2018 she moved back to Basilicata and taught as a preschool teacher in Viggiano.
Maria Teresa has been teaching at St Philip School since 2021.
Deborah’s teaching career started shortly after earning her M.A. in Mathematics, Physics and Natural Science at Rome-based Università La Sapienza.
Prior to joining St Philip School, she taught Maths and Science at several lower secondary state schools in Rome. In her long career, Deborah has also served as an upper-secondary Maths, Physics and ICT teacher at several licei and vocational state schools. Deborah has been regularly attending training courses to further hone her teaching skills.
Furthermore, she loves organising engaging workshops and projects, the latest example of which is Olimpiadi della Matematica for all lower secondary classes.
Deborah has been teaching at St Philip School since 2019.
Martina is a certified technical architect. After completing her high school studies (Liceo Artistico Via Ripetta), she enrolled at Rome-based Università La Sapienza and earned her B.A. in “Tecniche dell’architettura e della costruzione” (Architecture and Construction science).
Later she specialised in “Progettazione Architettonica” (Architectural design) at Università Roma Tre.
Martina subsequently completed a second-level postgraduate course in “Capitale naturale ed aree protette” (Natural Capital and Nature Reserves) at Università La Sapienza. Martina has kept broadening her academic background by completing further university-level courses.
Among her recent endeavours was attaining her teaching credentials as a secondary school teacher by completing the 24 CFU educational training. Since then, she has been served as a lower and upper secondary teacher as well as working as an architect.
Martina has been a teacher at St Philip School since 2020.
After graduating from Liceo Classico Immacolata earned her M.A. degree in Modern Humanities, thus obtaining her teaching certification as Italian, History, Geography and Latin lower-secondary- school teacher.
She has been teaching lower secondary school pupils since 1987. So far, she has been head of form and teachers coordinator multiple times.
Drawing on her extensive teaching experience and expertise, Immacolata’s didactic style blends teaching methodologies such as student-centred approaches predicated on inclusivity, skill-and- competence building through Mediated-Learning experiences, Instrumental Enrichment, Cooperative Learning and Peer Tutoring.
Immacolata has been teaching at St Philip School since 2019.
Mother tongue English speaker Mia has always had a passion for multiculturalism having been born in the Philippines, raised in Chicago (USA), and living many years in Naples and London (UK).
She earned her bachelor's degree in education from Northwestern University and worked with children with psychological and behavioural conditions.
After working on a team of social workers who worked with adults with severe mental illness, she became the team's manager and earned her master's degree in social work from the University of Chicago. She was a social worker in London and is currently registered in the Health Care Professionals Council (UK).
Her love for working with young children was born in Naples when she started teaching English in a preschool and a language school. She has helped children and adults prepare for Cambridge and Trinity exams.
She became a teacher in a bilingual school and along with the Italian teacher followed their students from the beginning to the end of their primary years. She loves teaching with songs, movement, and communication activities, paying special attention to the individual needs of every child.
She has lived in Rome since 2018 with her family and raises her own children in a bilingual environment.
