American by birth but francophile of heart, I am thrilled to be leading the Alliance Française du Maine in its mission to promote the French language in Maine. French has been always been an important part of my life. I studied it during the majority of my schooling, with long stays in Poitiers and Strasbourg during and after college. After …
Nicole Burnett
Nicole is a dual French and US citizen who grew up in Greenwich CT and SW France. She lived and worked in Paris, France for 9 years before moving back to the US. Nicole taught French for 30 years from elementary through high school in NH, CA, and CT and has since retired to Portland, Maine with her husband. Her …
Jacqueline Bucar
An ardent Francophile, Jacqueline Bucar began her lifelong study of French, French culture, lifestyle and literature in Connecticut where she was born and lived until her retirement in 2014. She taught all levels of French at Hamden High School, a suburb of New Haven. Jacqueline brought her students on field trips to Montreal and Paris and loved watching her students …
Camden Martin
I am from Lewiston Auburn and my oirigins come from French Canada. I spent two years in higschool in the South of France in Nîmes. Furthermore, I did my superior education studying protection of the environment at Saint Félicien in the lake Saint John region of Québec. I work now at Museum LA in Lewiston, where teach anbout the industrial …
Lizette Greaves
I came to Maine for college (Bates) and recently returned for retirement. Within that passing period of time, I had varied professional experiences: I was responsible for the Educational Support and eventually all of the Client Services for a startup software company. I resigned from that position to focus on my young family and raise our two boys. During those …
Regine Whittlesey
Born and educated in Nantes, France, in a large family, I arrived in Maine in 1974, as the first Amity Aide at Mt Ararat School in Topsham. There, I met my husband, David Whittlesey, an English teacher. We went back to live in Nantes where I finished my literary diploma and where we got married. From there began a long …
Hugh MacPhail
After a wonderful career in the wine importing and distribution business, I retired and moved (back) to Maine with my wife in 2021. Speaking and writing French has been an essential part of my entire life – from my early education in French school in North Africa, to a major in French language and literature in college, to my years …
Stephanie Looten-Caceres
Stephanie grew up in Savoie, in the French Alps, in a multicultural family bringing together the cultures of Alsace, Provence and Madagascar, and where meeting and sharing with others were core to her family values. Since then, Stephanie created her own intercultural family: her husband comes from Equator and her two children are growing up speaking three languages (French, Spanish …
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