When I first began learning English at age 12, I was taught grammar and vocabulary but never how to sound like a native speaker. Every teacher I had carried a strong Swiss accent. I was told, more than once, that true success in a foreign language wasn't possible for a non-native speaker like me.

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I didn't believe that. So I built proof that said otherwise.

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Through years of obsessive listening – thank you, Hollywood – I taught myself to hear and replicate the subtleties of native US American English. Not through shortcuts, but through relentless refinement. Sound by sound. Until what I said matched how I saw myself.

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That process is the foundation of how I work today. I coach accent reduction for non-native English speakers whose pronunciation is using up mental energy that should go to their content, their clients, and the people in front of them. And I work with directors and productions that need European accents and language done accurately.

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With a BA in English Linguistics from the University of Zurich and an MA in Voice Studies from the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama, I have trained native and non-native speakers from stage to boardroom. I have coached actors for TV and stage, and worked with executives on the final layer of their accent before they step onto global platforms.

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Not perfection. Accuracy — so the words do the work.