About Us - Teachers






Delphine Person was born and grew up in the North East of France (near Nancy). She studied during all her scholarship to become an Administrative Assistant. Delphine has spent the past 2 years of her scholarship as an intern. Before moving to Dallas, Texas in 2003, she was working for a few years as an Administrative Assistant for a Biologist Cabinet in France. Delphine has taught French at the Preschool of Dallas International School for 3 years. She also gives private classes for adults and teenagers over the past 5 years. She is actually teaching at Alliance Française of Providence since 2007 and is also employed by My PLT to teach French online. She enjoys taking times with her husband and her 2 years old son.





Claire Leatham was born in New York City but lived in Canada, New Zealand and Denmark as a child. During her three years in France, Claire studied at the Université de Caen in Normandy and taught English in Perpignan and Chartres. Claire earned a B.A in French and Comparative Literature as well as a M.A in French Literature from Washington University in St. Louis. Moreover, she holds an M.A.T. in French from the School for International Training in Vermont. Claire started her French teaching career at the Atlanta International School with the International Baccalaureate Program. Before joining the faculty of the Alliance Francaise in Providence, Claire taught for several years at the Alliance Française in Hartford, CT.



Carrolle Rinaldi has a B.A. in French with a minor in Education from Salve Regina and an M.A. in French Studies from American University in Washington DC, where she taught graduate and undergraduate level courses. She pursued undergraduate studies at the Sorbonne, University of Paris and graduate studies at George Mason University in Virginia, where she did doctoral-level work in curriculum development and learning styles. Carrolle taught French at private and public secondary schools in R.I. and in Virginia. While living in Paris, she taught French to members of the U.S. Embassy's Defense Attaché staff. She also worked for Fairchild Industries in Maryland, where she used her French-Language skills to handle liaison with the French firm Aerospatiale. Carrolle teaches the "Boomer" Beginner and Intermediate morning classes as well as evening classes at the Alliance; On Satrurdays, Carrolle teaches intensive 2 hours "French for Travel" classes and Intensive Conversation classes based on discussion of current events, using videos from the French cable TV weekly news program for adult students of French called "7 days on the Planet".