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At the French American Academy, we are proud to have an exceptional team dedicated to bilingual education. Our educators come from many native French and native English-speaking countries and bring decades of teaching experience. They consistently amaze parents and students with their expertise, creating engaging and challenging classrooms that inspire students to become confident global leaders of tomorrow. They are the heart of the FAA and we are honored to have them on our team.

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Our Leadership

Anne-Sophie Gueguen
Head of School & Founder

Management & Administration

ENGLEWOOD, NJ, JERSEY CITY, NJ, JERSEY CITY, NJ - The-Heights

Anne-Sophie Gueguen is a visionary educator who founded the French American Academy in 2007 in Bergen County. Over the years, she has expanded the school’s reach and impact by opening new campuses in Jersey City in 2012. As the Head of School, Anne-Sophie is committed to ensuring the highest quality education for her students through […]

Jean-Francois Gueguen
Business Manager & Founder

Management & Administration

JERSEY CITY, NJ, JERSEY CITY, NJ - The-Heights

Jean-Francois Gueguen is the founder and CEO of The French American Academy Franchise. He promotes and organizes the French American Academy preschool model by assisting prospective and existing franchisees in structuring their own French American Academy. He co-founded the French American Academy of Jersey City in 2012. Since then, he has launched multiple events like […]

Eric Woodward
High School Director

High School, Management & Administration

JERSEY CITY, NJ - The-Heights

Eric Woodward (MA Teaching, BA Arts, Dip Counselling) has been in education in Australia for over ten years. He is the founder of Global Village School, an educational charity that created an innovative high school model and ran programs to pilot and evaluate a project-based educational model. This model is now being implemented in a […]

Audrey Poirette
Middle School Director

Management & Administration

JERSEY CITY, NJ

Audrey has more than 10 years of teaching experience. She was a pedagogical coordinator from 2012 to 2015 and became deputy director in 2015. Audrey has almost 20 years of experience in the education field. She has a bachelor degree in foreign language education. She loves dancing and she ensures her students have fun preparing […]

Jeremie Peyre
Lower School Director

Management & Administration

ENGLEWOOD, NJ

Lower School Director – Englewood

Bertrand Mari
Elementary School Director

Management & Administration

JERSEY CITY, NJ

Bertrand has been a professional in Education for over 15 years. His experience is marked by the diversity of the audiences he has taught: French public schools, priority education schools, rural schools, international schools in England and the United Arab Emirates. After having held roles as a teacher, pedagogical coordinator, and teacher tutor, he specialized […]

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Mathias Peralta
PK4 – French

Preschool

ENGLEWOOD, NJ

Originally from the south of France, I am passionate about travel and nature. Before teaching, I was a director of a youth center, where I implemented a childhood and youth policy across an intercommunal area. For many years, I have been living abroad with my wife and our two adorable daughters, who remind me every […]

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Briony Bristow
ESL / Academic Support

Elementary School, Middle School

JERSEY CITY, NJ

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Nicole Zamir
Math in English

Middle School

JERSEY CITY, NJ

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Remi Dechaume
French & Histoire-Géographie

Middle School

JERSEY CITY, NJ

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Eugenie Descombes
4th Grade – French

Elementary School

JERSEY CITY, NJ

My name is Eugénie, and I am from the south of France, where I completed a literary course. This is my first time teaching abroad. I began my studies with a degree in theater, then shifted to LLCE Spanish, and later earned a Master’s degree in teaching, during which I had the opportunity to complete […]

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Lucy Lorans
3rd Grade – French

Elementary School

ENGLEWOOD, NJ

Growing up in France, I developed a deep passion for sports, travel, and education. This led me to pursue a career as a primary and PE teacher abroad, where I could blend these interests. After spending 17 years teaching across Europe, America, and Asia, I am now delighted to return to the US, particularly to […]

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Priscilla Mari
Kindergarten – French

Preschool

JERSEY CITY, NJ

My name is Priscilla Mari, and I am from Nice, in the south of France. I have an 8-year-old daughter named Salomé. I’ve been a teacher for 16 years, with 5 of those spent working in the United Arab Emirates. I am passionate about my work and building strong connections with children. In fact, I’ve […]

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Nawal Hamouda
PK3 Teacher Assistant

Preschool

JERSEY CITY, NJ

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Linda Maoucha
PK3 Teacher Assistant

Preschool

JERSEY CITY, NJ

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Kathleen Ferman
2nd Grade – English

Elementary School

JERSEY CITY, NJ

Kathleen Ferman has lived in New Jersey for the past 23 years. She holds a B.A. in Theatre Arts from Texas Wesleyan University, an M.A in Drama from the University of Arkansas, and an M.S in Early Childhood Education from Bank Street College of Education in New York City. Prior to becoming a classroom teacher, […]

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Christine Peralta
2nd Grade – French

Elementary School

ENGLEWOOD, NJ

Originally from a small village near Carcassonne in the south of France, I pursued studies in STAPS (sports science) in Toulouse before earning my teaching certification. My first year of teaching, at the Medico-Educational Institute in Perpignan, allowed me to work with children with special educational needs (SEGPA, ZEP). I then taught 1st and 2nd […]

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Megan Christoph
1st Grade – English

Elementary School

JERSEY CITY, NJ

Originally from Wisconsin, Megan made her way to the East Coast to pursue her masters in teaching at NYU Steinhardt in 2010. After graduating, she taught in bilingual and immersion classrooms in Brooklyn for 12 years before joining the FAA in 2024. Also fluent in French, Megan is excited to continue her practice in an […]

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