In case you don’t know me and my story, I made the move to Santiago, Chile in February 2010. The job market for teachers was rough when I graduated in

There’s a lot of excitement that comes with making an international move: booking the flight, confirming the details of the program or job offer, and the thoughts of living in

I took TOEFL on February 18th. It was a multi-step process, and in this blog post I share the necessary steps and what my experience was like. Registering for TOEFL

In the last part of this mini series about the new TOEFL we’re looking at the writing section. We’ll see what the previous writing section required, the new writing section,

If you’ve been paying attention to the news about English Language Testing or have been following me on LinkedIn, you already know that the new TOEFL has undergone some major

Over the past few months I’ve been analyzing the speaking section of the new TOEFL. Here are my thoughts about the changes, the new questions, and how to prepare. What

The TOEFL that I’ve known and loved for almost 14 years is now no more. While it underwent changes over that time, most of them were the elimination of questions

I’m sitting in my favorite coffee shop reflecting on 2025, and I can’t believe how quickly the year has gone by. I find a lot of value in pausing, looking

It feels like the year is quickly coming to an end, and with two months left I want to keep working and making an impact in the world.   Thankfully an

Sometimes we can be our own worst enemies when it comes to meeting our goals.  You might put much more work into something than we need to, or you might

Have you ever gone to an all-you-can-eat-buffet and later regretted it? Here in Chile they are called a tenedor libre which translates to “free fork”. There’s a hotel that I

Over the years I’ve noticed some recurring themes that prevent people from getting the score they need to get into their top choice program. While it is possible to retake