Jesse Kiendl has been teaching English in Spain, China, and the USA for the last 14 years. Over the last five years, he has been involved in teacher training in the USA, China, Central Asia, and Indonesia. He holds a MATESOL from the SIT Graduate Institute, where he has also taught classes in language analysis and lesson planning. He has worked as a director of studies in China, was the recipient of a U.S. Department of State Senior English Language Fellowship in Kyrgyzstan, and is currently serving as an English Language Specialist for the Department of State providing teacher training and performing educational research in Bulgaria with a focus on the needs of English teachers in primary and secondary schools.