Mary Kern’s French classroom at Bowling Green High School was recently visited by Isabella Nyiri, an alumna who speaks several languages and is currently working in the Boston area at the Perkins School for the Blind, Helen Keller’s school.
Nyiri, who was in Bowling Green to visit family, is fluent in French and Spanish. She passed the Seal of Biliteracy in French. She also speaks Russian, Hungarian and Chinese. She was accepted to present at a polyglot conference, but was unable to because she was moving to Massachusetts.
Nyiri won an award at Ohio State University for a presentation on nongovernmental support for people with disabilities in Eastern Europe. Most recently, she was selected out of 45 applicants to be a public affairs intern on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities with the Office of the Special Advisor for International Disability Rights at the Department of State.
She spoke to BGHS French 4 students about her passions and her path to get where she is today. She links languages and cultures with her desire to help people with disabilities.
