Participant insight Archives - Masa Israel Teaching Fellows with Israel Experience

Yalla, Habibi: How Teaching in Ras Ali and Khawaled Showed Me How to Be a Good Teacher and a Good Student by Sarah Davidson

by Yael Goshen | Apr 30, 2020 | Participant insight

“Why don’t you go somewhere a little more…different?” asked my friend from Birthright when I told him I wanted to spend a year teaching English in Israel. He was remembering the way we had experienced Israel on Bus RT-38-485, speaking English with everyone we...

Samantha Alvarez

by Yael Goshen | Feb 19, 2020 | Participant insight

Meet Samantha Alvarez, our Teacher Spotlight of the week! Samantha is from Palo Alto, California and graduated from UC Berkeley with a Political Science degree with a concentration in Comparative Politics with a focus on the Middle East. “I’ve known for years I wanted...

Maayan Landy

by Yael Goshen | Dec 12, 2019 | Participant insight

Meet Maayan! Maayan is a Masa Israel Teaching Fellow at David Elazar in Bat Yam. Originally from Boston Massachusetts, Maayan studied at the University of Massachusetts Amherst receiving her degree in Kinesiology. She decided to come to Israel and teach English to...

Hayley Sacks

by Yael Goshen | Nov 13, 2019 | Participant insight

Meet Hayley Sacks! Hayley is a Masa Israel Teaching Fellow at Ras Ali in Haifa! She is originally from London, England and went to Keele University in the Midlands. Hayley studied criminology and sociology, receiving her degree in 2017. After graduation, Hayley...

Mina Shirazi

by Yael Goshen | Nov 5, 2019 | Participant insight

Mina Shirazi is a Masa Israel Teaching Fellow at Yeshurun School in Rishon LeZion. Born in Indianapolis, Indiana, Mina received her Bachelor of Arts in Speech and Hearing Sciences from Indiana University with a minor in Hebrew. “Part of the reason I decided to study...

Ariana Sonsino

by Yael Goshen | Sep 26, 2019 | Participant insight

Introducing our first teacher spotlight of the year, Ariana Sonsino! Ariana is a Masa Israel Teaching Fellow at HaNassi school in Bat Yam. She is originally from San Antonio Texas and a recent graduate from the University of Texas at Austin with a Bachelor of Arts in...