Julia Stryzhenko has over 20 years of experience teaching Russian and English languages. She holds an MA and BA in Russian Language and Literature and Foreign (English) Language and Literature from Kharkiv State Pedagogical University in 1996. Since 2009, she has been the founder, administrator, and teacher of Russian language and literature at the New Hampshire School of Russian Language, Literature and Arts. She also taught English at Kharkiv State Pedagogical University from 1996 to 1999 and privately tutored English for children and adults from 1996 to 1999.