Ms. Corio is a Spanish Subject Expert Teacher at BASIS Independent Brooklyn who strives to nurture a love of the language and Spanish culture in our students. Previously, she focused on Mandarin and Linguistics classes at our school. She is passionate about languages and grew up in a bilingual household.​​​​‌‍​‍​‍‌‍‌​‍‌‍‍‌‌‍‌‌‍‍‌‌‍‍​‍​‍​‍‍​‍​‍‌‍‌​‌‍​‌‌‌​‌‍‌‍​‌‍‌‌​​‍‍‌‍​‌‍‌‍‌​‍​‍​‍​​‍​‍‌‍‍​‌​‍‌‍‌‌‌‍‌‍​‍​‍​‍‍​‍​‍‌‍‍​‌‌​‌‌​‌​​‌​​‍‍​‍​‍‌‍​‍‌‍​‌‌​‌‍‍‌‌​​‍‍‌‍​‌‌‍‌​‌‍‌‌‍‍‌‌‍‍​‍‍‌‍‌​‌‍​‌‌‌​‌‍‌‍​‌‍‌‌​​‍‍‌‍​‌‍‌‍‌​‍‌‍‌‌‌‍‌​‌‍‍‌‌‌​‌‍‌​‍​‍‌‍‍‌‌‌​‌‍‌‌‌‍‌‌‌‌‌​‌‍‌‌​​‌‍‌‌‌​​‍‌‍‌​​‌‌‌‍‍‍‌‍‍‌​‍‌‌​​​‌‌‍‌​‌‌‌​‌‍‌‍‌‍‍‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‍‌‌‌​‌‌‌​​‍‌​‍‌‌‌‍‍‌‌‍‌‌‌​‍‌‍‍‌‌‌​‌‍‌‌‌‍‌‌​​‍‌‌‍‍‌​‌‌‌‌‍‌‍‌‌‍‍​‌​‌‌​‌‌‍‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌‍‍‌‍‌‌‌​‌‍‌‍​‌​‌​‍​‌‍‌‌‌‌‌‍‌​‌​‌‍‍‌‍​‌​​‌​‍‌‍‌‌‌‍‌​‌‍‍‌‌‌​​‍​‌‍‌‍‌‍‍‌‌‍‌‌‌‍​‌‍‌​‌‌​​‌‍​‌‌‌​‌‍‍​​‌‌‍​‍‌‍‍‌‌‍​‍​‍‌‌

Ms. Corio is fluent in English, Mandarin, Spanish, Italian, French, and Hebrew. While in college, Ms. Corio started her focus on Mandarin because she was intrigued with the language. She loved it from day one, and she feels she has a deep understanding of the roadblocks and hurdles English-speaking children encounter when learning Mandarin since she did as well. Ms. Corio completed her studies at Columbia’s Teachers College and focused on teaching Mandarin not only to English speakers but also to speakers of multiple other languages.

Ms. Corio is currently finishing her Ph.D. at Vanderbilt University’s Peabody College. Ms. Corio spent the past nine years privately tutoring students with Rennert International and earlier at Columbia University while studying at Columbia’s Teachers College. While in college, she worked as a translator with Sky News.

As an undergraduate, Ms. Corio attended Mount Holyoke College and majored in Asian Studies and International Relations. She continued on with a Summer Language graduate program at Mount Holyoke in Mandarin. She graduated in the top two percent in her class with the International Language Program/Falcon Chinese Summer Program at Cornell, and she supplemented her studies by enrolling in the International Chinese Language Program at Peking University School of International Studies.