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Amy is an internationally certified educator, consultant, coach, trainer, and curriculum specialist in the following areas: Education & Training, Creative Arts Education, Career Development, Intercultural\/ International\/ Diversity Issues, English as a Second\/New Language, and Educational Publishing & Curriculum.\u00a0 She has worked as a high school English teacher of international students of all ages, cultures, and language backgrounds for 17 years, as well as a teacher trainer, coach, and instructional designer.\u00a0 She also previously worked as an international admissions advisor for Niagara University.\u00a0 \u00a0Finally, she is an amateur artist and painter with a background and passion for musical theater and piano.<\/span><\/p>\n Amy has lived and worked in 4 countries in South America, Europe, and Asia, and speaks Spanish fluently as well as some Japanese.\u00a0 She has also been blessed with the opportunity to travel to many other parts of the globe. She holds a Master\u2019s degree in Education from the University of Buffalo and a Bachelor\u2019s Degree in Psychology.\u00a0 In addition, she has business experience in marketing and human resources at large corporations in New York City.\u00a0 Her eclectic experiences have served her well for working with multicultural adolescents and young adults to help them grow as individuals professionally, academically, and emotionally.<\/span><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”2_5″ _builder_version=”4.16″ global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/headandheartinternational.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/Body-Shot-Stairs-1-Edited-Smaller.jpg” title_text=”Body Shot Stairs 1- Edited- Smaller” _builder_version=”4.16″ custom_margin=”30px||9px||false|false” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_image][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/headandheartinternational.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/Profile-Side-Shot-1-Edited-Smaller.jpg” title_text=”Profile Side Shot 1- Edited- Smaller” _builder_version=”4.16″ _module_preset=”default” custom_margin=”5px||10px||false|false” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_image][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.16″ background_color=”#ebf5f5″ collapsed=”off” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row column_structure=”3_5,2_5″ _builder_version=”4.16″ custom_margin=”15px||||false|false” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”3_5″ _builder_version=”4.16″ global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text admin_label=”Why We Can Relate” _builder_version=”4.16″ global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n Accomplished career expert Mark Savicus has a intriguing saying: \u201cWe actively seek to master what we passively suffered.\u201d<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n As a young adult, I would have loved the type of guidance that I now offer to others, instead of having to learn the hard way for many years. When I was younger, I considered myself a “Renaissance Women,” with many interests and diverse skills.\u00a0 In high school, I was a creative straight-A student, a talented artist and writer, and showed quite a bit of promise. Everyone raved about my \u201cpotential,\u201d creativity, and intelligence.<\/p>\n Yet, I was not someone who fit perfectly into a box. I wasn\u2019t passionate about any one subject in high school, nor was I obsessed with one hobby or sport.\u00a0 I had talent and interest in art and writing, but I was concerned that it wouldn\u2019t earn me a paycheck.\u00a0 Creative pursuits, as much as I loved them, weren\u2019t even my only passions. I was also interested in social sciences like Psychology, Sociology, Anthropology, and Education, as well as the humanities like English literature and foreign languages.\u00a0 On the other hand, my family, armed with the pragmatism and sensibility of their “Boomer” generation, strongly encouraged me to do something that would get me a stable and well-paying job.\u00a0 At that time, the guidance counselor\u2019s role was primarily to push papers and sign documents- they were not there to guide and coach.\u00a0 I had no one to guide me for ME.<\/p>\n With limited or conflicting guidance from others, I decided that I would major in graphic design as it seemed to be the one way that my art talent could be monetized. These were the rudimentary days of the Internet, but enough to have a very primitive search engine that allegedly \u201cfound\u201d all the schools that offered graphic design as a major according to region.\u00a0 I used nothing else to narrow down my search criteria and trusted this search engine blindly.\u00a0 Using the list of 10 schools that appeared in the search, I applied to 5 that allegedly had the intended major of graphic design in or near New York City.<\/p>\n Fast forward to my freshman and software years.\u00a0 I took a few classes in graphic design, only to discover after fumbling around on a 1990’s right-handed mouse (I’m left-handed) that I not only preferred hands-on painting and drawing, but that I could not justify neglecting my passion for the humanities and social sciences.\u00a0 At that point, well into my software year, I still hadn\u2019t settled on a major, and didn\u2019t know my options. I knew I needed a Ph.D. to monetize a social science degree, and I didn\u2019t think I was ready to be a traditional therapist.\u00a0 I loved the creative arts, but I didn’t see them as lucrative enough for my strong value of financial security and I wasn\u2019t confident that I wanted to make a career out of them.\u00a0 After a fascinating semester abroad in Spain, I decided to major in Psychology and was fortunate to love it and do exceptionally academically.\u00a0 On graduation day, I graduated at the top of my class and received the Outstanding Student Award for Psychology.\u00a0 I also won credentials and recognition for an independent student research project.<\/p>\n Upon graduating from college, several professors encouraged me to get a doctorate in Psychology.\u00a0 Tired of being a poor student and wanting a real paycheck (again, aligning with my values of financial security), I sought a “real job” instead.\u00a0 It wasn\u2019t directly related to my major, but it was in the Human Resources recruiting department, and later marketing department, of a large investment firm in New York City.\u00a0 Realizing soon that neither job was for me because they didn’t align with my core values, I eventually went back to school to get my Master\u2019s in Education.\u00a0 I then became an English as a Second\/Foreign language teacher of high school, and lived and taught English to all ages in Japan, Ecuador, Spain, Venezuela, and the USA for many years.\u00a0 I simultaneously had various related careers in curriculum development, facilitation, and teacher training.\u00a0 More recently, applying my knowledge of international education and languages, I worked in International Admissions at Niagara University, until, finally, I embarked on my current path.<\/p>\n Head & Heart International, Artsy Languages Inc.\/International, and all of their diverse offerings are truly a fusion of all my personal passions rolled into one: education, language learning, career services, the creative arts, social-emotional learning, cross-cultural awareness & travel, and learning about what makes people tick.\u00a0 It also fuses all the things that, as a longtime educator, I have seen firsthand are lacking from today’s school systems and from society as a whole.<\/p>\n It took me 20 years to find my path, which, if someone had offered me the guidance I needed much earlier, I would have saved myself thousands of dollars in student loan debt as well as unnecessary time, stress, backtracking, and disappointment. Two decades and a half later, I am still experiencing the consequences of not having the guidance I needed when I needed it.\u00a0\u00a0This is why I am passionate about giving others what I never had.\u00a0 I want to prevent future generations from lost time and money, and put them on the right and most purposeful path much sooner, allowing them to optimize their creative and unique gifts to the world in the most practical way they can.<\/strong><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”2_5″ _builder_version=”4.16″ global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/headandheartinternational.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/International-Tree.jpeg” title_text=”International Tree” _builder_version=”4.16″ custom_margin=”21px||||false|false” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_image][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/headandheartinternational.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/Waist-Up-Shot-2-Edited-Cropped-2.jpg” title_text=”Waist-Up Shot 2- Edited- Cropped” _builder_version=”4.16″ _module_preset=”default” custom_margin=”0px||30px||false|false” custom_padding=”30px||||false|false” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_image][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/headandheartinternational.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/HeadHeartInternational_Logo_AMPERSAND.png” title_text=”Head&HeartInternational_Logo_AMPERSAND” _builder_version=”4.16″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_image][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" About Amy Quinde: Founder, Educator, Educational Consultant & Coach, Curriculum Program Creator & Manager Amy is an internationally certified educator, consultant, coach, trainer, and curriculum specialist in the following areas: Education & Training, Creative Arts Education, Career Development, Intercultural\/ International\/ Diversity Issues, English as a Second\/New Language, and Educational Publishing & Curriculum.\u00a0 She has worked […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1235","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"\nWhy I Can Relate (by Amy Quinde)<\/h2>\n