I'm Kathryn Thorne, the Director of Studies here at Alpha Educational Institute, and I am passionate about working alongside people to help them succeed and reach their full potential! This means I have the great pleasure of working with international students from all around the world and teaching them English. I also have the privilege of leading an enthusiastic team of teachers here at Alpha, and heading up teacher training programmes for English language teaching.

I grew up in Papua New Guinea, speaking three languages, and I love working in a multi-cultural environment! I think we have a lot to offer here in New Zealand, and I believe that other cultures have a lot to offer us as well. We can learn so much from each other!

I am very happily married to Wayne and have four adult children. My hobbies are reading, gardening, painting and playing a little bit of guitar!