About Mr. Antonio
Hello! My name is Mr. Antonio Mejia, and I am the Grade 2 teacher at QISS in Qingdao, Shandong, China. I am from the small town of Tecumseh, Michigan, USA, about an hour outside of Detroit, and I attended the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, MI. Both of my parents are teachers, and they have always emphasized the importance of education. When I was young my family would travel around the United States every summer, and as I grew older I began to travel internationally.
This is my second year teaching in China, and my fourth year teaching in Asia. I taught English in Seoul, South Korea, for two years, from 2010 to 2012, and I loved my time there. It was in Seoul that I met my fiancee, Ms. Kelly Pinyan. She is also a teacher at QISS, teaching middle school and high school history. We are both thrilled to be teaching at QISS and living in Qingdao. I also coached the QISS middle school boys soccer team in the fall of 2013 and 2014, and the high school girls soccer team in the spring of 2014 along with Ms. Kelly Pinyan. We are coaching the high school girls again in the spring of 2015, and I am also coaching the high school boys soccer team. I have played soccer my entire life, and my father was a high school soccer coach for 15 years. I am excited to be sharing the sport with our students and following in my father's footsteps. Go Sharks!
This is my second year teaching in China, and my fourth year teaching in Asia. I taught English in Seoul, South Korea, for two years, from 2010 to 2012, and I loved my time there. It was in Seoul that I met my fiancee, Ms. Kelly Pinyan. She is also a teacher at QISS, teaching middle school and high school history. We are both thrilled to be teaching at QISS and living in Qingdao. I also coached the QISS middle school boys soccer team in the fall of 2013 and 2014, and the high school girls soccer team in the spring of 2014 along with Ms. Kelly Pinyan. We are coaching the high school girls again in the spring of 2015, and I am also coaching the high school boys soccer team. I have played soccer my entire life, and my father was a high school soccer coach for 15 years. I am excited to be sharing the sport with our students and following in my father's footsteps. Go Sharks!