Diana Alsobrook

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My background spans three different countries - Romania, the US, and the UK - that I've lived in and frequently travel between.

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My love of language was nurtured early on. By the time I was eight years old, I could already speak varying degrees of English, German, and French, in addition to Romanian. Most of my activities revolved around language classes. Around the same time, I picked up Italian and Spanish from watching TV - the foreign channels had better cartoons than the Romanian ones! By age ten, I had started finding patterns in these languges and being curious as to how and why they work the way they do. 



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I was able to pursue these questions in my education, particularly by attending a bilingual high school that gave me an in-depth understanding of English, as well as exposed me to native speakers. All of this eased my transition to the United States, where I moved by myself at the age of 19. There, I enrolled at the University of Georgia and dug even deeper by selecting degrees in Linguistics and French. I was able to test my skills in the English language by blending in with the American students; I had top grades in all my classes, including English, and everyone's default assumption was that I was American. Even though I made it no secret that I was, in fact, Romanian, most everyone assumed that my parents were Romanian immigrants who had moved to the US and that I grew up speaking the language natively. While at UGA, my love of language also prompted me to take classes in Yoruba and Old English.

 

 

After graduating in 2009 I stayed in the US, where I spent several with my American husband before we moved to the UK in 2015. My immediate family now spans two continents, and I do my best to keep them involved in my life. That's why I frequently travel to Romania and the US and stay up-to-date with the news and culture.

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