After leaving her small town in Georgia, USA to teach elementary school in South Korea, Eliza fell in love with the challenges and thrills of language education, culture, and travel. Since 2009, she has worked across Korea, UAE, Vietnam, India, and the US, studied educational management, language acquisition, and instructional design, and embraced local languages and cultural nuances. While in UAE, she met her Malayalee husband, which encouraged her to start her journey as Elikutty, creating Malayalam learning resources. When not writing or creating educational content, Eliza advocates for mother tongue education, promotes equality in English Language Teaching, and enjoys spending time with her two cats, Pazhassi and Thozhan.