Stefanie Sante-German Instructor-Profile

Stefanie Sante was born and raised in Sonneberg, Germany. She emigrated to the United States when she was 23 years old. In 2001 she gratuated with honors from Indiana University South Bend with a double major in German and Psychology. While attending Indiana University South Bend, Stefanie worked as student instructor and tutor for the departments of English and German. She also tutored students for Student Disability Services.

From 2000 until the present she has taught German and ESL to adults and children. She taught German to engineers at Bosch Braking Systems in South Bend from 2001 to 2005. In addition Stefanie taught German to engineers at Bosch Rexroth Group in Buchanan, Michigan. Since 2002 she has worked as ESL teacher for the Adult Education Department of the South Bend Community School Corporation.

Stefanie is a mother of two and a strong proponent of bilingual education. Her daughter is fluent in German and English. It is Stefanie's goal to share her native language and culture with children in a time when funding for music, art, and foreign languages is becoming increasingly scarce.