(upbeat music)
(motorcycle engine roaring)
- So I went to bed last night
with five classes on my schedule.
The first one no showed and the second one canceled
but I still get paid for both.
The no show I did have to sit through the full 25 minutes,
but the canceled class I just get a free
half an hour to myself.
Hello, my name is Melissa.
I am currently teaching English online in Medellín Colombia.
I decided to stay here and wait out to the quarantine.
I am originally from Chicago,
but I lived in Las Vegas for 10 years.
So when people ask me where I'm from,
I never know what to say because they both feel like home.
I took the TEFL course in Chicago in January of 2018.
And I've been teaching online since November of 2018.
Okay, so as I already mentioned,
I grew up in Chicago and I moved to Las Vegas
at the age of 19.
In 2018, at the age of 28,
I left behind my life in Las Vegas,
all my friends, my family, my amazing job
to travel indefinitely.
I had a one way flight to Bangkok and I had no idea
where else I'd go or when I'd return.
I ended up spending 10 months in Asia.
I went to Thailand, Vietnam, India, Indonesia and Singapore.
I came back to the States for a little bit
because my sister had a baby.
And then I came down here to Latin America,
and I've been to Guatemala and here, Colombia.
In the next few slides,
I'll go into my story in a little more detail.
(speaking in foreign language)
So I hope you can hear me through the mask.
I just found out we are now allowed to go outside every day
from two to 3 p.m. to exercise.
So I am going at a walk and I'm very excited about it.
(alarm sounding)
(bright upbeat music)