Kev Byrne has worked as a CELTA-trained TEFL teacher in Italy for 30 years working with all ages and levels. He has been a senior teacher and head of CPD for a number of private language schools and state schools. He has been a speaking examiner (SE) for Cambridge Assessment (Starters to Flyers; A1 to C2 levels) since 1999 and retired as an interlocutor in 2019. He has worked with Pilgrims Young Learners since 2000 as a teacher, AD TEFL, and as an assistant academic manager. He has also worked as activities manager/photographer and blogger/guest trainer for Pilgrims Teacher Training at the University of Kent, in the UK.  He has recently obtained TESOL certificates in Teaching English Online (Cambridge Assessment), Challenges of 21^st Century Education (University of Exeter), and Teaching Young Learners Online (British Council). He has contributed to English Teaching Professional, and has been working with HLT for the last couple of years on various articles (primarily about: storytelling, and mental health in today’s classrooms). He has been involved with local Italian colleges and occasionally pretends to teach biochemistry as an assistant tutor. He is currently working for private schools in Italy, and has worked (via remote learning) with The Bridge based in Slovakia for the last 6 years. He has recently (from June 2026) taken on a part-time role as an interpreter for the judicial system in Italy.