Alina Rossinsky is one of the founding members of the Abelard School. She obtained her B.A. and M.Ed. in French Studies from the Department of Foreign Languages at the Pedagogical University in Moscow, Russia. She has many years experience in a variety of areas including teaching languages, journalism, translation and interpretation, and desktop publishing. Alina currently teaches French, French civilization, and modern languages, and enjoys nothing more than challenging her students to be the best they can be.