Tzu-Hsin (Maggie) Lin

Biography

Tzu-Hsin (Maggie) is from Taipei, Taiwan, and she has spent most of her life learning different languages. She speaks Mandarin, Taiwanese Hokkien, English, and Japanese. Her passion for language learning and teaching has driven her to pursue the MSLT degree and gain more knowledge and experience in Second Language Teaching. Maggie has a bachelor’s degree in Applied Foreign Languages and worked as an assistant teacher at a bilingual kindergarten. She has also been teaching English to middle school and high school students at language schools in Taiwan for two years. Knowing that experience is the best teacher, Maggie spent two months at a language school in Portland in 2019 to observe and enhance her teaching skills. She believes that putting herself into students’ shoes will allow her to be more understanding and patient when working with students from different cultural backgrounds. After graduating from the program, she plans on becoming an inspiring Dual Language Immersion teacher and making a difference for her students. Maggie loves cooking, playing the guitar, and singing. She also loves making friends with people from around the world and sharing travel experiences with others.