She loves exploring the intersection of language, culture, and social interaction.

Alongside her corporate engagements, Mary Daphne has spent the last decade designing social skills, public speaking, cross-cultural communications, and business communications courses. Her lessons leverage technology, empirical research, and data-backed teaching methodologies to produce high-value outcomes for her students and clients.

Mary Daphne is a native New Yorker and an avid traveler. In her spare time, you can find her hiking, painting, and composing children’s books.

She received her Ed.M. in Applied Linguistics from Columbia University, graduated Valedictorian with an MA in TESOL from Bahçeşehir University, Istanbul, and graduated Magna Cum Laude from Hamilton College with a BA in French and Communication studies.