Tatiana Bautina is a native Russian speaker, originally from the city of Yaroslavl’, Russia, where she earned her bachelor’s and master’s degrees in Psychology and Psychology Education from Yaroslavl’ State University.  She moved to the United States in 2008 and has since held the position of Adjunct Professor of Russian at Colorado Mountain College, and, more recently, teacher of Russian at the Princeton Public Library.  Tatiana believes learning other languages is a great way to meet new people and stay mentally active.  She is excited about new styles of teaching and learning, such as distance education.