Zach Brown

Biography

Zach lived in Arizona and Virginia during his childhood but grew up for the most part in Utah. After high school, he taught immigrant communities in England for two years as a full-time missionary for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, during which time he acquired proficiency in the Slovak and Czech languages. He then returned to the United States to obtain his Bachelor’s in English at USU. While there, he worked as a classroom assistant for the Intensive English Language Institute, which solidified a desire to teach English as a Second Language for his career. After graduation, he traveled to Slovakia as a Fulbright English Teaching Instructor. With a goal to teach English as a Second Language and eventually pursue a doctorate degree in Linguistics, Zach joined the MSLT program. Following graduation, he began working full-time in the Salt Lake City area with the English Skills Learning Center as the Humanitarian Center Coordinator. In his spare time, he enjoys reading, writing, playing basketball and other games with family and friends, and playing and listening to music.