Faculty Spotlight: A moment with…Lynn Bonesteel

in Highlight
March 12th, 2018

1. What aspect of your role do you enjoy the most?

I love developing innovative programs, curricula, and materials for English language teaching and learning.

2. What did you do before working at CELOP?

I taught ESL to immigrant students at North Shore Community College in Lynn, MA. Before that, I worked for a charter travel company and for the National Women’s Political Caucus.

3. Where are you from?

I was born in rural New York state, in the Catskill Mountains, and was raised in a small town in Western Massachusetts. But I have lived most of my adult life in and around the Boston area.

4. Favorite thing to do in Boston?

Watch movies at the Kendall Square Theater; attend theater and choral music productions; eat out at ethnic restaurants.

5. If you had to eat one meal, every day for the rest of your life, what would it be?

Hmmmm…that’s pretty hard. I think I’d get tired of most things after a while. But for breakfast every day I eat yogurt with honey, almonds, and fruit, and I haven’t gotten tired of it yet, so I guess that would be my choice.

6. What’s your favorite TV Show?

It depends on when you ask me…I don’t watch a lot of TV, but right now I am enjoying the cable series Homeland, The Crown, Game of Thrones, and Westworld —and Grey’s Anatomy is an all-time favorite! I’m also a big Seinfeld fan.

7. What is the best destination you’ve travelled to?

I love Latin America. My favorite places so far have been Mexico, especially Mexico City and the Mayan Riviera, Buenos Aires, Argentina, Quito, Ecuador, and Bogota, Colombia.

8. Favorite restaurant in Boston?

I don’t really have a favorite these days, as I tend to eat out at places closer to my home in Salem, MA. In Boston, I enjoy meeting colleagues and friends for dinner or drinks at Eastern Standard in Kenmore Square, and I love the Mexican food at Sol Azteca and the Japanese food at Fogakyu in Brookline.

9. What are your hobbies?

Reading fiction and non-fiction, riding my bike by the ocean, gardening, doing jigsaw puzzles, listening to podcasts and programs such as This American Life and The Moth on NPR radio, hanging out with my friends and playing with their dogs, and practicing yoga and meditation.

10. What is your hidden talent?

Singing classical choral music…and typing. I can type 60+ words per minute.

11. What would people never guess you do in your role?

Not sure how hard this is to guess…but I read lots of Supreme Court cases—and do a lot of photocopying!