Joanna Libertad Arroyo grew up in Northern California in the San Francisco Bay Area with her family. During this time, she encountered so many idioms from my friends, parents, and teachers and most of those idioms have stuck with her throughout her life. What Joanna enjoys the most about colloquial or informal language is how it can influence and shape our life experiences and relationships with other people. She created the Book of North American Idioms because she wanted to educate native English speakers and non-native English speakers about how vital idioms are in the English language. The idioms help and support all English speakers because they facilitate communication between all English speakers regardless of their comprehension and skill levels. Idioms are used in everyday in English colloquial or English informal language to communicate with other people. In many cases, idioms are created by both English Native and non-native speakers because they are shaped by the different cultures and regions that comprise the United States of America and the rest of the North American countries.

About the Author

She has worked with both children and adult learners throughout her career as an educator and a tutor and is also very passionate about managing and teaching in After School Programs for children. Joanna has always been fascinated by the way children and adult learners learn because it is what has led her to become a better teacher. Every time that she teaches a new lesson, she credits her growth as an educator to how much she has learned from her students.

Joanna still has poetry that she has yet to publish and looks forward to sharing!