Jeannie brings combined experience from the legal and education sectors to Bring Me A Book Hong Kong (BMABHK). A former corporate lawyer and a Montessori Early Years English teacher, Jeannie has taught adults in professional training as well as kindergarten and primary-age children in schools across Hong Kong.
As Executive Director, Jeannie is committed to leading education programmes to help reshape Hong Kong’s reading culture. Jeannie developed a love for reading when she first moved to the UK at the age of 6. Her continual passion for education and children’s development inspired her to join BMABHK. Jeannie draws on her classroom experience as well as her previous Montessori parent consultancy practice on children’s early years.
A graduate of the London School of Economics and The University of Hong Kong, Jeannie is a qualified Hong Kong solicitor and American Montessori Society (AMS) Teacher for ages 0-3 and 3-6. She is certified in CertTESOL and the UK TPhYL (Teaching Phonics to Young Learners).