Helena served as a missionary for 18 months in South Korea (Daejeon) and minored in Korean at Brigham Young University. She has a deep love for the Korean people and culture and still keeps in touch with friends there. She has tutored beginners in the language and also taught her husband when they went to Korea together to teach English. She likes to use visual aids to create interactive scenarios for listening and speaking practice.
Helena is the mother of two children, and enjoys reading, painting, hiking, and baking really good pretzels.