Lisa Nirva Email & Phone Number

Southern Minnesota And South Metro

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

Created and conducted orientation workshops and training for international living for students in the USA and Scandinavia. Coordinate college-age staff returning students in leadership, risk-awareness, organization and public speaking. Daily management of program operations.• Facilitate and sustain international exchanges between students from Minnesota and Europe.• Mentor current and returning exchange students with their integration into American life and cross–cultural understanding. Provided data modeling for District.• Attended the North American Youth Exchange Conference (NAYEN) | gained insight into college transition, insurance, visas, orientation best practices, host family placement and assimilation • Conducted admission interviews of students for participation; develop and conduct 6-month orientation event programs | applications and projections• Strategic enrollment planning for Rotary clubs.

Madrid, Spain

Deliver customized dynamic, effective, and engaging English lessons to non-native international English speaking professionals in business and academia around the world. Utilize Skype and GoToMeeting during individual and group sessions as online teaching platforms.• Achieved 98% student endorsement on teacher evaluations over the past five years. • Conduct language testing, analyze language levels, maintain records, calendars, and documentation with international populations for operational oversight• Developed and wrote new curriculum for website for key faculty• Interact with students in diverse and multicultural settings | sustain relationships with companies and students • Management of daily operations with students and website.

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

Passionate and committed to empowering students and parents manage the college application process. Organized and energetic Academic Professional with 15+ years of demonstrated leadership strengths, organization skills, and proven ability in Education. Offering services for students and parents to shepherd them through the college planning process. •Providing services to all levels of student abilities•Spearhead collaborative plans that assist students with choosing the correct college program and institution, application process, essay writing, FAFSA advise, and ACT/SAT test preparation •Specializing in college placement programs for students with learning disabilities, international students and immigrants •Liaison between students, parents, college admissions, staff, and foreign partners, host families •Exceptional written, oral and interpersonal communication skills •Lived, worked and studied in Sweden, Austria, England and Hong Kong | Traveled to 64 countries

Bachelor’S Degree, English Language And Literature, General, Economics

Activities and Societies: Rotex - past Rotary exchange students, AIESEC - Association of Students in Economics an Business, Internships.

Master’S Degree, Humanities - Specialization In Teaching Secondary English, 3.9

Activities and Societies: Graduate Assistant - Learning Resource Center

Certificate In College Counseling

Certificate In College Counseling

Cerficiate In College Counseling

College Counseling

College Counseling

College Counseling

College Counseling