Karen Zediker
ANC College Planning Senior Consultant, Director of ACP program. Dr. Zediker has a Ph.D. in Communication from the University of Washington. She has been an award-winning professor and training consultant, active in teaching and training for over 30 years. She brings expertise in Conflict Management, Interpersonal Communication, Instructional Design, and helping individuals and organizations enhance their effectiveness in the workplace.
Annie An
Annie is the founder and president of ANC ESCO. She graduated from the University of Oklahoma, majoring in journalism and public relations. She has over 25 years of experience in journalism and public media, she is also a successful entrepreneur. In 2008, Annie founded the nonprofit organization named ANC and began to build a platform for young people. From 2008 to 2012, the exchange activities she organized were extremely successful and attracted the attention of the US Embassy. From 2015 until today, Annie expanded the ANC platform to provide more programs such as Studying Abroad, College planning, Academic Tutoring, volunteer alliances, and so on. More and more youth around the world can communicate without borders on this platform, and obtain maximum support.
Jian Liu
Jian graduated from Beijing Sports University, majoring in tennis and physical education. His highest honor is National Team Coach in the United States. He has more than 30 years of coaching experience in gymnastics and tennis. During his coaching career, he trained many Olympic champions and world champions.Jian is an outstanding coach and an expert in the sports field. He excels at discovering students' talents and giving personalized training. Under his knowledge and coaching, many students have made rapid progress and achieved international-level accomplishments. In the past few years, he has helped many sport-specialty students to obtain admission to prestigious American universities, such as Stanford University and Berkeley University, and other top universities.
Sharon M.
Sharon McNeil earned a B.A degree with a double major in Art and Theatre at Lewis and Clark College in Portland Oregon. After graduation, she worked as a scenic artist in Seattle for theatrical organizations including Seattle Repertory Theatre, The Seattle Opera, A Contemporary Theatre.
After 10 years she moved to California where she earned her MFA in Drawing and Painting at California State University Long Beach and taught classes in drawing, figure drawing, and painting in the Southern California area. She participated in various group and solo exhibitions featuring her artwork, throughout the Southern California area. In 2007 She move to Georgia where she taught drawing and design at Savannah College of Art and design (SCAD). While in Savannah, her work was in a two person show at the Okefenokee Heritage Center in Waycross Georgia.
David D.
David Ding graduated from Vanderbilt University with a master’s degree in education and a double bachelor’s degree in art and economics. David holds a teacher qualification certificate in middle school mathematics, biology, physics, and chemistry. He also qualifies in the field of higher education. After graduating from his master’s degree, David taught at Millwood High School in Oklahoma in subjects such as chemistry, environmental science, English, and more. David is a young and energetic teacher who has proficiency in both arts and sciences. Over six years, he has provided hundreds of students with high-quality tutoring.
Ryan G.
Ryan specializes in higher maths, ACT, SAT test preparation and has a high success rate of raising students’ scores; her philosophy is that in any tutor-student interaction, development of a comfortable, trusting relationship with the students is extremely important. She believes that the entirety of the student should be addressed. Therefore, adjustments to work, study habits, self-esteem and attitudes about learning are interwoven throughout each tutoring session. It has been Ryan's experience that students are very tuned into what their strengths, weaknesses, and needs are; they are therefore treated as partners throughout the tutoring process. Ryan looks forward to working with students towards a successful school career and a bright future!
Diane J.
Diane is an American expatriate with a master’s degree in Education (ESL) from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. Diane has taught ESL to children and adults for many years in Venezuela. In the past 30 years, Diane has taught over 400 students, including elementary, middle school, high school, and adults. Many of her students effortlessly passing the TOEFL, increased their English levels, permitting them to further their careers at home and abroad. Diane is fluent in many languages such as Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, and German.By applying linguistic principles from studying multiple languages, Diane created an effective program and methodology. Living in a Latin American country for a long period of time, Diane knows what it is to be an immigrant and to go through the processes of adapting to a new culture and language. Diane achieved bilingual in Spanish and holds a degree in its language and literature. Diane is a prestigious teacher, with her teaching experiences and master’s degree in Education, Diane is sensitive to the individual student’s needs and adept at identifying the source of language learning difficulties and strategies to solve them.