People are our power. Meet our team.

LILA BITSON, MA

President of the Management Board, creator and member of the association. Co-founder of the Education Center operating under the Magnolia Association. Graduate of the following faculties: English Philology and Management and Marketing, Postgraduate Studies in Pedagogical-Psychological and Didactic Preparation, as well as ISO Standards and Quality Management.

Long-term educator and teacher of English and Russian, internal auditor of quality systems. In her work she tries to show young people how to discover their talents and find their passions.

In her free time, she runs a blog called “Tea Time?” and delves into the secrets of this drink. In 2018, she completed the “Tea Certificate Course” in Amsterdam, sharing this knowledge as part of a local series of workshops entitled “Osowa Tea Days”. By talking about tea, she wants to promote ecology, history, culture, tradition and a healthy lifestyle, and at the same time, appreciate the advantages of the drink itself.

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TOMASZ KLINKOSZ, MSc

Vice President of the Management Board, graphic designer and risk analyst

Graduate of the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering at the Gdańsk University of Technology, Postgraduate in studies in the field of Industrial Process Safety at the Faculty of Process Engineering and Environmental Protection of the Łódź University of Technology. He has a certificate of competence of the American Petroleum Institute in the field of API-580 Risk Based Inspection Professional.

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AGNIESZKA BLACHOWSKA, MA

Member of the association, teacher of English, Spanish and Polish as a foreign language, editor of the website and social media in the Association, coordinator of the Education Center.

Graduate in English Philology (BA, Teaching Specialisation), Iberian Studies (BA, Translation Specialisation) and Spanish Philology (MA, Specialisation in Teaching), obtained a TEFL certificate, and continues postgraduate studies in Teaching Polish As a Foreign Language at the University of Gdańsk.

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JULIA BIŃKOWSKA, MA

Permanent member of the Magnolia team. HR and volunteer specialist in the Association, German teacher at the Education Center.Graduate of the Goethe Institut in Warsaw and the Faculty of Criminology and Criminalistics of WSAiB in Gdynia.

Long-time educator and teacher of German. Her greatest joy is helping to discover enthusiasm and passion for what the young people do. In her free time, he runs a blog on fb related to the safety My nie-bezpieczni and a fb group of tak.bezpiecznie.

DOROTA SUMIŁA, MA

Permanent team member, creativity trainer, Zumba instructor in the Association.

Graduate of the University of Gdańsk, teacher with many years of experience. For many years engaged in preschool education. Prepares creative workshops for children, aimed at awakening their imagination and building faith in their own abilities.

In her free time, she writes fairy tales and poems for children, and promotes ideas for creative games with children, which she shares on Facebook and Instagram on his profile Spędź czas kreatywnie.

Long-term Zumba Kids and Zumba Fitness instructor, conducts classes for children and adults. In her various activities, she is accompanied by a little creative teddy bear named Kreatywniś. It is a character that she created, who is the protagonist of many of her fairy tales, an inseparable part of her work. You can follow the adventures of Kreatywniś on Instagram at @kreatywnis_kreatywny_mis. We also invite you to the reader’s corner, at which you can read Dorota’s fairy tales and poems: https://dziennik-kreatywny.pl/

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