Welcome to Sortino International Training's American Culture Coach Program. Our mission is to facilitate learning that is relevant to each client's unique needs. Each client is led step-by-step on a path of personal growth in a safe environment.

In the coaching we do, we discover how our own attitudes, personalities, values, and beliefs help us in building effective cross-cultural relationships. The broad coaching areas - culture, communication, and language - are all areas where we already have a foundation to build upon, to challenge ourselves to positive change and improvement. The coaching style is not lecture or presentation, but facilitation of learning through interaction. Our job is to coach professionals and their families  in the processes of cultural adjustment, professional skill building, and empowerment in relationships.

MARIA SORTINO GILLETTE, a native of New York, lives in Scottsdale, Arizona, USA, where she is the director and principal trainer for Sortino International Training, LLC. She has a Master of Teaching English as a Second Language degree and her Bachelor of Science degree in Business Management, with a minor in Italian Language and Culture. Among her teaching positions at the university level, Maria taught English Business Communication and American Culture at Thunderbird, the Garvin School of International Management from 1999 to 2003. Maria currently organizes workshops, courses, and coaching in intercultural communication skills and English as a Second Language (ESL). Maria has delivered culture, diversity and language workshops for a variety of industries as well as for expatriate families from multinational companies. She has lived in Italy and speaks and writes fluently in Italian. Maria also speaks and writes Spanish well, and knows elementary French.