Hello and Welcome!

I���m Muthu Jayatissa, a 24-year-old Sri Lankan-American, born in Sri Lanka and raised in Michigan. I’ve been a child of the arts my whole life, dancing ballet throughout my childhood, picking up theatre in high school and college, and playing piano from childhood to today. These days, I enjoy spending my free time playing piano, writing, and trying my best to be a functioning adult. 

I graduated from Michigan State University with a Bachelor of Arts in Spanish and a Bachelor of Sciences in Human Biology. Life after graduation found me bouncing between different jobs in different fields, from working in an entomology lab, to working as a character performer in Disney World, to moving back home and working as a nanny to a second grader when schools went online during lockdown. During my time as a nanny, I also worked towards earning a TEFL certification, which led to me applying for the opportunity to work as an Auxiliar de Conversación here in Madrid, Spain. 

Growing up, I’ve been very fortunate to have many opportunities to travel to different countries, including a chance to volunteer for a month in Madrid as an English teacher in 2016. However, this experience marks my first time living and working independently outside of the United States for a whole year. 

In the links to the left, you can find more information on the school that I am working at, as well as a lesson plan I have created for second graders learning about the solar system. Enjoy your stay! 

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The walk from my apartment to the school takes me by the Jardin del Principe, which looked more and more beautiful with each passing autumn day.