meet our team

John is currently teaching IB English Language and Literature at an international school in Bali, Indonesia. Prior to moving across the world with his wife and three-year-old daughter, he taught for 14 years in Richmond, Virginia. For the past 12 years, he has also been an SAT/ACT Reading and Writing tutor with the Richmond Academic Institute. He is a graduate of the University of Virginia and holds a Master’s Degree in Literature and a Secondary English Teaching Degree from Virginia Commonwealth University. In his free time, John enjoys afternoons with his daughter at the beach, playing padel, and distance running. He has run all three World Marathon Majors in the U.S. (New York, Boston, Chicago), and hopes to expand his race imprint internationally while living abroad.