Taíza Lombardi is a teacher and teacher educator based in Brazil. She has been teaching for over 20 years and was a partner in a school for people over 50 years of age where she worked with this demographic for 8 years. She contributed to the Raise Up! materials writing lessons focused on older learners . She is an Michigan ECPE and Cambridge CELTA holder and she has a postgraduate degree in English Language Teaching and Translation from PUC-PR in which she had the chance to specialize in formative assessment. She is Cambridge “Train the Trainer” certified. She is also a Speaking examiner. She is currently teaching one-to-one lessons and, relying on her solid background as a DoS, she’s also working with novice or experienced academic coordinators who wish to improve their skills.