My name is Kevin, and I help people develop cross-cultural understanding and appreciation through education, travel and tourism. I accomplish this as a guide, teacher, writer, and ambassador.
- Guide: leading others in first-hand experiences with the wonders, natural and man-made, and countless stories the world has to offer
- Teacher: teaching language, culture, and history both formally and informally bringing real-life experience and knowledge to the classroom
- Writer: sharing the story of places and people so that those who can’t have a first-hand encounter may gain insight into faraway places and their details through prose and poetry
- Ambassador: helping combat ignorance and stereotypes to promote understanding of foreign ideas, their creators, and their homes as a speaker, photographer, and storyteller
With increased understanding and appreciation of diverse ideas and practices, individuals and organizations can accomplish great things to make the world a better place.
This is what I’ve been trying to do through this blog and what I plan to expand on through my career and life choices. Hopefully, I can help a few people expand their horizons to thinking outside of their own little spheres into the wide, wonderful, beautiful world around them.
For five years, I oversaw and helped create an English language curriculum for Amerlish, a Beijing-based English training company, that has now been published by Foreign Languages Press, one of China’s biggest and most prestigious publishers. Alongside this curriculum development, I actively taught elementary-aged students and helped train new teachers.
I have degrees from Ensign College, Brigham Young University, and Grand Canyon University. See my LinkedIn profile for a full overview of my professional qualifications and experience.
Recognition and Publication
- Children’s books written and illustrated by Kevin and published on Amazon
- Amerlish Language and Culture Program Levels 1-4 – published through Foreign Languages Press in Beijing, China, beginning in 2020.
- The Amerlish Language and Culture Program is a comprehensive English language curriculum with levels from pre-k through elementary grades. The curriculum is built on the Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts, and it is created with integrated culture and literature components.
- Interviewed for new attraction at This is the Place Heritage Park on Salt Lake City’s KUTV-Channel 2’s Fresh Living daytime show – aired June 5, 2015
- Photograph published of Marin County Civic Center in Frank Lloyd Wright Quarterly magazine – Winter 2015
- Photograph of Taliesin West used on Thunderbirds Suites (a Scottsdale Best Western hotel) website
- Freshly Pressed on WordPress.com – January 9, 2012 and February 28, 2012
- The Y Book – published 2010
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