Director: Philip J Hawkins is a deputy head of a large high school with 1100 students in Croydon, London, UK. He has 19 years of teaching experience in both pastoral and curriculum fields. He is responsible for the National Strategy and for the training and monitoring in new learning methodologies. Philip is developing relationships with schools in the UK, Thailand, Singapore, South Africa and Brazil. He can be reached on the following email: philipjhawkins@googlemail.com

School-Business Links Specialist: Ben Cole is the Head of Technology of a highly successful 11-18 co-ed school near London. He has a wide breadth of experience in media and web applications. He also specialises in school-business links and has many examples of resourcing schools through building relationships with commercial enterprises.

Valeria Silva de Carvalho Borges is a teacher of English and has worked in a number of schools in Uberaba. She currently works as a private tutor. Her email is: valhappy@terra.com.br

Silas and Geralda dos Santos Ferreira are a big part of our main

team. Silas is the fiancial co-ordinator for Aprender and works as an accountant, and Geralda is an English teacher and our main text translator. Their email is gerysf@hotmail.com

Carla is a teacher of English but also has extensive experience of working in the Brazilian Media industry. Carla worked as a youth worker and together with her family lived in the UK in 2005/06. Her email is: cavilela3@hotmail.com

Meet the family

Camila Abigail A. S. Storti is a Business Administrator  with a postgraduate in Environmental Law and Maintainable Development. Her social programs experience started with ALGAR Company, in Uberlândia-MG-Brazil. She has since led the creation and management of social and environmental programs through her company ‘Abigail Salvador.’

Marcelo Salvador Storti has a postgraduate in Communication Advisement and has wide experience working for Advertising Agencies. Since ‘Abigail Salvador’ opened, he works at social and environmental programs across Goiania.

Emma Bottomley is a graduate in primary education and is a teacher at a school near Kingston, London, UK. Her research into primary education in Brazil is aiding Aprender develop resources and plan strategy.