Biography

Nancy Morsch wonderfully represents Eastern Nazarene College as an alumni. She taught in the Florida school system for 53 years, spending 32 years teaching elementary school and 33 years teaching English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL/ESL). She retired in 1994 from full-time teaching, but continued to teach part-time until 2014. At age 77, Nancy currently works at Disney where she has been for 22 years. She started teaching at Disney, preparing their international workers to take the TOPL exam. She now does merchandising for Disney and trains the merchandising staff. She also teaches its 8 hour cash handling class. Nancy says she does not know why she chose a career in teaching. She says she's always had an interest in English, but she just more or less fell into teaching. Nancy had majored in English in school with a minor in Education. Later, she took more classes in Education at Rollins College and eventually became a certified teacher and continued to do it because she found she really liked it, especially teaching English to non-English speakers. She said it also fed her love of learning about new cultures and those from developing countries and her love of travel. She notes trips she has taken to; Turkey, China, Uzbekistan, and Papua New Guinea with her son, Dr. Gary Morsch's wonderful organization, "Heart to Heart. Nancy is the sole care giver for her husband and 8 year old grand child. Her future plans are to retire so that she can dedicate her full-time attention to them. She would also like to continue to travel and volunteer with her son's humanitarian groups. Her family consists of a family full of doctors who are committed to service. She welcomes contact with fellow members from all around the world.