Liana started teaching English as a Second Language in 2009 when she changed her career from technical recruiting to teaching. She taught English for Academic Purposes at the City University of New York (CUNY) for 5 years. She then lived in Turkey for 3 years, where she worked at a top-rated university teaching English to freshmen students.

Liana loves languages and speaks Spanish, Romanian and other Romance languages, as well as some Turkish. She holds a BA in Psychology and an MA TESOL from the City College in New York. Liana joined Empire State English and Capital Region Language Center in 2019.