About Giovanna

Hello! Welcome to L&C Dialogues. I am Giovanna, a modern and ancient Greek teacher and cultural facilitator, born and raised in Athens, a city where ancient heritage and contemporary life remain in constant dialogue.

My relationship with Greek language and culture has always been inseparable from lived experience and place. Growing up in Athens, I was shaped by its layered cultural landscape—its neighborhoods, its historical memory, and the everyday presence of antiquity within modern life. These elements continue to inform my understanding of language not as a system, but as a living cultural practice.

I studied Greek Language and Literature at the School of Philosophy of the University of Athens. Over time, my work evolved beyond traditional language teaching toward experiential cultural education and reflective dialogue.

Within L&C Dialogues, my work centers not only on language teaching, but primarily on experiential seminars and reflective group encounters inspired by ancient Greek drama and cultural archetypes. These sessions invite participants to engage with Greek culture as a living field of meaning—something to be questioned, felt, and internally reinterpreted.

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PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Founder of L&C Dialogues, an online educational site for Teaching Greek language and culture

Founder of e-dialogos, an online educational site in ancient and modern Greek for high school students

Greek language teacher in private Greek schools and educational centers, teaching ancient and modern Greek Language and literature.

One-to-one tutor for Greek students learning Greek as a native language, and for non-Greek students as a foreign language for over 10 years.

One-to-one IB tutor in modern Greek language and literature for senior students, who take the IB diploma exams.

EDUCATION

BS in Philosophy, Education, and Psychology, minor in Teaching Greek language and literature in Secondary Education. University of Athens 2001-2006

EXPERTISE

September 2021 – June 2022
Certified specialization in teaching Greek as a second/foreign language.
450-hour program for teachers in Greece and abroad.
Organized by the CENTRE FOR THE GREEK LANGUAGE “Diadromes”, supervised by the Ministry of Education and religious affairs.

June 2021
IB Certificate in Classical languages (Ancient Greek & Latin).
An online workshop consisted of four modules of one week each. Organized by the IB Online Professional Development department

April 2021
IB Certificate in Language A: Language and literature (Modern Greek)
An online workshop consisted of four modules of one week each.
Organized by the IB Online Professional Development department.

Seminars

Over the past 15 years, I’ve attended numerous seminars in
• ICT education
• Adult education
• Experiential learning
• Innovative approaches to education

Collaborations

I have co-organized cultural seminars, lecture series, and workshops in collaboration with:
• Greek Cultural Center of Argentina (Nostos)
• Greek Community of Beirut
• American Hellenic Cultural Center of Pennsylvania
• Greek Nationality Room of the University of Pittsburgh
• EUARCE (European Center of Arts of Greece)as well as numerous collaborations with cultural institutions in Greece.
as well as numerous collaborations with cultural institutions in Greece.