Executive Committee

Marcia received her Bachelor's Degree and Bachelor of Education at Western and completed her TESL Certification through the University of Saskatchewan in 2019. She is teaching ESL at the Centre for Lifelong Learning and serving as the TESL London Treasurer.

Jessica Ali has been an English as a Second Language teacher for five years. She has taught ESL abroad in Peru; in the classroom, one on one tutoring and online teaching to international students. She loves teaching ESL because she values education and the position allows her to help others to improve themselves. Whether a students' goal is for academic purpose, a job or for general interest, it makes her feel like she is doing some good in the world. She loves meeting new people and learning about different cultures. She comes from a background of mixed cultures herself; her father is Iraqi, her mother is Romanian, her step-father is Portuguese, and her husband is Peruvian. With such diversity, she believes that this helps her connect with all of her international students of varying backgrounds. She is patient, funny, friendly, kind, approachable, gregarious, and a lover of languages. In addition to speaking English, she also speaks Romanian and Spanish fluently. Having learned three languages gives her an advantage to understand the perspective of her students' needs.

Jen Artan is an experienced CLB curriculum writer and presenter. She formerly worked with Ellii.com (formerly ESL Library). Jen has been a Learning Support Lead, having worked with Thames Valley District School Board and IWC Hamilton. Jen has also been a WRIT Professor at Fanshawe College (School of Liberal and Language Studies) and George Brown College. She is also a Mentor/Trainer with LearnIT2Teach (Avenue.ca). A certified Google Educator (Level 2), TESL Ontario Webinar Presenter, and a Masters of Education graduate from the Ontario Technical University, she likes to keep current on educational technology for adult learners. She has presented webinars on educational technology topics such as Generative Artificial Intelligence in Education, Google Apps for Education, Mobile Learning in Adult ESL, Pragmatics in ESL, and Blogging. Jen has also presented at the TESL Ontario Fall conference on "Project Based Learning in Specialized Language Training Courses". She presented at TESL Toronto, TESL Ontario, TESL Hamilton and TESL London's language conferences. Jen continues to work closely with TESL Ontario, developing webinar ideas for ESL instructors, and keeping current on how educational technology is used to help engage learning and develop 21st Century skills.

She also plays pickleball.