Imagination Class
Color your life, outside the lines
A four-session creative workshop for small groups. Through play, writing, and gentle prompts, you'll dust off your imagination and remember how good it feels to make things.
Learn moreFrench teacher · Creativity coach · Wanderer
Elie
Find your words. Color outside the lines.
I'm Elie — a native French speaker, lifelong educator, and creativity coach living between Europe and Canada. I help curious humans learn French with heart, and reconnect with their imagination.
About Elie
“Everyone is an artist.” That belief sits at the center of everything I do.
I've been teaching French since 2009 — in classrooms, around kitchen tables, and across time zones. I hold a Master's degree in Language & Literature Education, currently teach at university, and am a certified TEF and DELF examiner with more than fifteen years of experience helping learners find their voice in French.
I'm also a creativity coach. After four years of transformative solo travel, I came home convinced that imagination isn't a luxury — it's a compass. Through my workshops and one-on-one sessions, I blend deep human connection with the power of imagination, so you can make things, take risks, and surprise yourself.
Whether you come to me for the subjunctive or for a creative awakening — or both, it happens — you'll find the same thing: warmth, structure, and a firm belief that you have more in you than you think.
- Master's in Language & Literature Education
- Teaching French since 2009 — currently at university
- Certified TEF & DELF examiner, 15+ years of experience
- Fluent in French, English & Spanish
What I offer
Two worlds, one teacher. Choose your door — or wander through both.
The Imagination Room
For making, playing, and waking up your creative life.
Creative Advisor
One-on-one creative guidance
Personal guidance for projects that feel stuck and ideas that won't sit still. A thinking partner who listens deeply, asks the right questions, and helps you move.
Learn moreOn the French Side
For learning, speaking, and falling in love with French.
French Class
Conversation, lessons & exam prep
Conversation groups, private lessons, and TEF/DELF preparation with a certified examiner. Every student receives a personalized learning book, built just for them.
Learn moreTranslation & Proofreading
English & Spanish into French
Careful translation from English and Spanish into French, plus French proofreading and editing — with a literary eye and a native speaker's ear.
Learn moreThe offerings, in detail
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The Imagination Room Imagination Class
“Color your life, outside the lines.” Imagination Class is a four-session workshop series for small groups — a warm, judgment-free room where you get to play again.
Each session blends storytelling, writing games, sensory prompts, and conversation. There is nothing to prepare and no experience required: you don't need to be “creative” to come — you only need to be curious. Session by session, you'll loosen your grip on perfection, follow your own strange and wonderful ideas, and build a small creative practice you can keep.
- Four guided sessions, online or in person
- Small groups, big safety — everyone's voice has room
- Playful exercises drawn from literature, travel, and life
- No experience needed. Truly.
The Imagination Room Creative Advisor
Some projects need a deadline. Others need a witness. Creative Advisor is one-on-one guidance for the moments when your idea is real but the path is foggy.
In our sessions, I listen deeply, reflect back what I hear, and ask the questions that untangle the knot — about your project, your blocks, your rhythms. Together we design small, doable next steps, so momentum becomes a habit rather than a miracle. People bring me books they aren't writing, careers they're reimagining, and lives that need more color. All of it is welcome.
- One-on-one sessions, online or in person
- In English, French, or Spanish
- Concrete next steps after every conversation
On the French Side French Class
French, taught like a living language — not a list of rules. Since 2009 I've helped hundreds of learners speak with confidence, from absolute beginners to advanced students polishing their style.
Choose conversation groups for lively, supportive practice, or private lessons shaped entirely around you. Preparing for the TEF or DELF? As a certified examiner, I know exactly what the jury listens for — and how to get you ready without losing your love of the language.
Every student receives a personalized learning book: a living document I build for you as we go, gathering your vocabulary, your patterns, your progress. It becomes your own portrait of the language.
- Conversation groups & private lessons, all levels
- TEF & DELF preparation with a certified examiner
- A personalized learning book, built for each student
- Online or in person
On the French Side Translation & Proofreading
Some texts just need to be correct. Others need to sound like you. I translate from English and Spanish into French, and I proofread and edit French texts of all kinds — with a literary sensibility and an examiner's precision.
Websites, applications, academic work, creative writing, letters that matter: I treat every text as if it had to live in the world — because it does. You'll get clean, natural French that respects your voice.
- Translation: English → French and Spanish → French
- French proofreading & editing
- Clear quotes and honest deadlines
Kind words
From students and creative companions — in three languages.
Elie doesn't just teach French — she opens a door and walks through it with you. I passed my TEF with a score I didn't think possible.
Avec Elie, chaque cours est un voyage. On rit, on apprend, et on repart avec l'envie d'écrire.
Las clases con Elie me devolvieron la confianza. Aprender francés se volvió un placer, no una tarea.
The Imagination Class felt like recess for adults, in the best possible way. I left every session lighter.
Elie a relu et corrigé mon mémoire avec une précision et une douceur rares.
Let's talk
Curious about a class, a workshop, or a text that needs a French home? Write me a note — I answer every message myself.