Staff Profile – Gabriella Ong

Gabriella Ong received her Master's in Language and Literacy Education from Boston University, USA. where she completed a variety of fascinating courses including those on TESOL, Children's and Young Adult Literature, and Sociolinguistics. She was a recipient of the Kelly Elizabeth Stephen Memorial Scholarship, an award granted to deserving Indonesian teachers pursuing their graduate studies. Right after her graduation, she joined IALF in June 2019 as a Teacher of English and Indonesian. Her main responsibilities include teaching IELTS Preparation and Indonesian language courses. She is also involved in the development of materials for IALFS's online Indonesian course and has been a part of a team that goes out to teach English to cadets at Immigration Polytechnic.

Before joining IALF, Gaby worked as a senior high school English teacher at SMA St. Ursula BSD. During that time, she has also worked as a piano teacher and a mathematics tutor. Outside of the job, Gaby is a classical pianist and her interests include classical music and languages/linguistics.