
Hello! My name is Jeni Cross, and I live in Incline Village, Nevada, near the shores of beautiful Lake Tahoe. My love affair with French started when I was 19 and lived in Pau for a scholastic year. After finishing my bachelor’s degree in French, I was hired by American Airlines as a flight attendant, thanks in part to my language skills. However, becoming a teacher was my ultimate calling, and I went back to school to not only earn my teaching credential, but also a master’s in linguistics from l’Université d’Aix-en-Provence. I taught in public and private schools, from kindergarten to 12th grade, both French and Spanish, for 22-years before deciding recently to do other things. I have a wonderful husband, Art, and together, we have twin sons who completed six-month exchanges to France at the age of 10 and who are currently at university in Utah and Pennsylvania. I am excited to bring short U.S. exchanges to En Famille and, hopefully, help to create more worldly and open-minded biliguals like my own kids and all the EFI children before and after them. I love to travel, learn new things, read in French and Spanish, listen to current French music, spend time with loved ones, and enjoy outdoor activities and FOOD.