Susan Chen 陈淑惠

Susan Chen is a native Mandarin speaker from Zhanghua, Taiwan. She holds a bachelor's degree in Pedagogy from Mackenzie Presbyterian University in Sao Paulo and a minor in Child Psychology. Her passion is teaching, especially teaching the Chinese language to children.

Ms. Chen has more than 20 years of teaching and tutoring experience. She taught private Portuguese language classes to elementary and middle school Chinese-speaking students when she was a university student in Brazil. She worked at “Escola de Educação Infantil Happy Kids” in Sao Paulo, Brazil, after she graduated from university.

After she moved to the US, Ms. Chen had an opportunity to teach Mandarin in preschool and Chinese language enrichment classes at Westwood Christian School, and private Mandarin classes to young kids, elementary, middle school, and tutorials to adult students in Miami, Florida.

Ms. Chen moved from Miami to Virginia with her husband. She taught Chinese language immersion preschool at Communikids and Richmond Chinese School until she had her first child. In 2024, Ms. Chen returned to Richmond Chinese School, where she teaches the Preschool Class. Ms. Chen loves to teach and play with children, and she teaches small-group Chinese Immersion Preschool Program classes on weekdays, as well as private Chinese Tutorial Classes. Ms. Chen spends her free time doing outdoor activities and taking trips with her husband and two sons.