Welcome to a space where learning Mandarin feels meaningful, and full of joy.

Hi, I'm your teacher here at I Heart Mandarin. I've spent over a decade teaching Mandarin to gifted and talented students in a high-expectation magnet school, where engagement was never optional and every lesson had to earn its place. That classroom experience taught me what makes a language stick: practice that's purposeful, contextual, and connected.

✨Language grows best through context.✨

This channel helps you:
- Learn vocabulary through real-life sentences
- Understand sentence patterns in action, not in isolation
- Hear how Chinese flows in dialogue, music, and stories

My goal is to build this channel as a complete library to learn Mandarin, although it will take time to get there. I'm committed to sharing each new lesson as it's ready, one at a time. And I'd love for you to walk this path with me.

❤️ Got a heart for Mandarin? Join the Heart and keep the lessons coming!