Background
Jaime Ellenberger was born in Scottdale, Pennsylvania in the United States on October 26, 1995. She grew up there with her mom, dad, brother, and dog about an hour outside of Pittsburgh. Growing up, Jaime played sports, did ballet and tap dancing, and learned the saxophone.
Education
Ellenberger attended Penn State Univeristy at the main campus in State College, Pennsylvania from 2014-2018. She earned a degree in Elementary and Early Childhood Education, minor in Spanish, and English as a Second Language Certification. While there, Ellenberger worked at Schlow Centre Region Library in their children's department and the Intensive English Communication Program run by Penn State, which helped young adults learn English in order to attend university in the US.
Jaime did part of her student teaching in Atenas, Alajuela, Costa Rica for several months at Atenas Preescolar y Escuela Colina Azul. She taught English to Pre-K-Grade 4.
Jaime is curerntly getting a master's degree from UIC Barcelona in Language Acquisition and Teaching English as a Foreign Language.
Work
Since graduating from Penn State in 2018, Ellenberger has been working at Internationella Engelska Skolan (IES) in Stockholm, Sweden. She has taught English, art, and textiles in her five years at the company. The schools operate in English, but Swedish is very widely used between students.
Goals
In the near future, Jaime would like to get her Swedish passport, become more fluent in Swedish, and receive her Master's in Language Acquisition and TEFL. She would like to write books for children and continue teaching English around the world.
Favorite Books and Authors
Jaime loves to read any genre of book, but mainly reads fiction. Her favorite author is Stephen King.
Here are some books she loves:
-The Stand, Stephen King
-Loveless, Alice Osman
-I am Malala, Malala Yousafzai
-Hyperbole and a Half, Allie Brosh
-Sea of Tranquility- Emily St. John Mandel
-The House in the Cerulean Sea, T.J. Klune
-The Sad Ghost Club, Lize Meddings
-The Alchemist, Paulo Coelho