Nur Labardini, Teaching Assistant

Nur is from the sunny Dutch Antillean island of Curaçao. Her family heritage is a convergence of Lebanese and Spanish from her maternal side and Dutch from her paternal side. Curaçao itself is home to an even wider collection of nationalities, religions and cultures. The approximately 130,000 inhabitants of Curaçao from Indonesia, Portugal, India, Holland and Venezuela all conduct business and socialize in harmony. The mixing of these disparate cultures exposed Nur to a rich variety of languages and customs early in life. By nature and necessity, Nur became a master of language in her environment. She speaks English, Spanish, Dutch and the local Antillean language of Papiamento fluently and has proficiency in French.

Nur is a 1992 graduate of The University of Texas at Austin with a B.B.A Degree in Accounting. Following her studies in Austin, she returned home to Curaçao and worked for 7 years in the off-shore tax industry. Nur unexpectedly returned to Austin in 2000 following her marriage to her husband Marcelo whom she met on a vacation to Austin 2 years prior. Since that time Nur has become a mother to two beautiful children, Luca (8) and Lara (6,) to whom she has dedicated herself the better part of the last 8 years.

Nur resumed working in 2007 as a teacher in a local Austin pre-school. She developed a love for nurturing the young minds of the children she taught. With the inspiration of her time at the pre-school, she returned to school and completed her bilingual teaching certification in early 2010. Nur is elated to be joining Magellan International School where her love of children, languages and learning are combined.