“Sev has a passion for teaching and for sharing his native language. He has all of the qualities that make for a great language teacher and specialist. I look forward to continuing to collaborate with Sev, and having him share his love of French with new students.” Christopher W., publishing director at Living Language, Random HouseBorn in NYC, and raised in the Loire Valley, France, I am blessed with a French-American dual citizenship. I have lived in France and the U.S. respectively for ne.