BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Dr. Réka Vicsacsán (Nagy), Founder & President

Born and raised in a Hungarian family in Kolozsvár (Cluj-Napoca), Romania, Réka was raised with appreciating multiple cultures and knowing the importance of preserving her own in an environment, where Hungarians were considered a minority group. She is now living in Arizona, where she is passing on this knowledge and helping local Hungarians learn and preserve their language and heritage. Réka is also a full time instructor of Communication Studies at Grand Canyon University with a great interest in Intercultural Communication. Her vision is to build the interest of people in each other’s cultures and help individuals progress by making an effort to appreciate the differences in perspectives, beliefs, and values.

Emese Réka Fromm VP and Committee Chair – Language Learning

Réka Fromm is a Hungarian native from Transylvania, where she studied languages at the Babes-Bolyai University of Cluj-Napoca (Kolozsvár).  Before moving to the US at the age of 25, she taught Hungarian to fifth-grade level students, and English as a foreign language to Hungarian native students of both middle school and high school level. 

Married to an American for close to thirty years, and a mother of three children (two of them adults), Réka lives in Phoenix, Arizona. Raising a multicultural family, she is constantly exposed to the differences and similarities of both Hungarian and American cultures and languages. This gives her an in-depth understanding of the challenges English-speaking adults face when trying to learn Hungarian. 

Krisztina Valler, Board Member

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Silvia Jeremiás, Board Member

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COMMITTEES

Julie Pek, Committee Chair, Sponsorship

Julie Pek is a realtor in Arizona. Having grown up in Cleveland as a first generation Hungarian, she’s learned the language and culture and traveled to Hungary many times. She is dedicated to help the Hungarian Cultural Association of Phoenix to grow and carry out its mission.

Emese András-Letanovszky, Founder, Former VP, Honorary Board Member

As a Hungarian who lived in different countries and experienced different cultures and life-styles, Emese likes to volunteer her time to help build and sustain a Hungarian culture oriented community in Phoenix. She would like to preserve and share Hungarian culture and traditions with Hungarians and non-Hungarians, who have interest to learn about other cultures.

FORMER BOARD MEMBERS

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