Alumni Features
Jennifer
When Jennifer Eskes was in the third grade, her family took a trip to the Phillipines that changed her life forever. From that moment on, Jennifer knew she was born to be a missionary in a foreign land.
Heather Kooiman
Heather thought that she would earn her masters and continue in inner city missions for the rest of her career. What she didn’t expect is that Biola’s School of Intercultural Studies exposed her to something she was familiar with, but had never considered for herself: global missions.
Cheng
Cheng’s experience in Biola’s TESOL program exposed him to a community that was both supportive and academically challenging.
Belinda
Belinda participated in the distance learning program, which allowed her to teach English overseas while earning her MA in TESOL at the same time.
Jee-Eun
Teaching ESL full-time at UC Irvine, Jee-Eun (2002 graduate) still relies on a course she took as part of her Biola M.A. TESOL studies.
Sherise
Faith and academics in harmony is what Sherise (2003 graduate) valued in the Biola M.A. TESOL program
Angie
Equipped for both language learning and teaching...Read Angie's (2005 graduate) story.
Darla
Strong Biola community connections with faculty, classmates, and alumni helped Darla (2003 graduate) build a career in TESOL.
Sarah
Studying TESOL at Biola, with its community development courses, helped prepare Sarah (2006 graduate) for her Peace Corps assignment in West Africa.
Sharon
Sharon's experience teaching English in Africa was challenging. Today, she is equipping herself at SICS and excited to return to the mission field.
Ivan
Ivan works as a Director of International Student Services and has focused primarily on inner city missions across the U.S. including Milwaukee, Queens NY, Chicago and Houston.
Mark
Mark met his first non-English speaking friends in second grade, and immediately fell in love with language. After teaching English in South America, Mark decided to return to the U.S. and now teaches English to students from all over the world.
Susan
From her very first missions trip to Mexico, Susan knew that she wanted to learn more about other cultures and languages. Today she is able to apply what she learned at SICS to a new mission field: her own community.
Heather Snavely
Heather has travelled the world. Her experiences in Egypt, China and Vietnam fueled her passion to learn more about other cultures and her decision to come to SICS and teach English as a second language today.