Biography
Born in Istanbul in 1981, Zerrin Keşoğlugil Tavukçuoğlu began her translation career while studying at Kadir Has University in the American Culture and Literature department. In 2009, she continued her career by translating illustrated books for Pearson Education.
In 2003, she met Montessori during a trip to Italy and took Montessori training, which led her to teach and consult as an English teacher in kindergartens.
In 2010, she founded the Hokus Pokus Children’s Workshop, where she started conducting English and Turkish playgroups and workshop activities. During this period, she received training in Orff, creative drama, STEM, storytelling, and creative writing, designing and implementing innovative workshops. Over the past 14 years, she has led workshops for many corporate firms, various schools, and mother-child venues. Zerrin is actively continuing her workshop and playgroup activities at the Hokus Pokus Children’s Workshop in Istanbul and writing stories for applications developed for children. Her first illustrated book will be published soon.
