Who am I?
My name is Anna, but in Poland everyone calls me Ania: most names have two versions and “Anna” sounds very formal in Polish. I was born in 1997 in Warsaw, the capital of Poland, but now I live in France.
I studied linguistics with French and Swedish at the University of Warsaw. After the university, I quickly realized that I wanted to be a teacher. Although I once thought that I definitely wouldn’t go into teaching right after university, after less than a year of working in a corporation, I knew it wasn’t for me at all.
I started as a French teacher, but that wasn’t exactly what I wanted to do either. I loved meeting new people and sharing knowledge, but it frustrated me that I had to consult everything with native speakers. I was never completely sure of anything. And then it finally hit me—the thing I truly wanted to do was teach my own language. For a long time, I had been learning other languages on my own with YouTube, and I saw French, Italian, and English native speakers teaching their languages. At first, I regretted not being a native speaker of one of those popular languages. I thought, “Nobody learns Polish anyway.” But I quickly changed my mind when I found out that tens of thousands of people around the world were learning Polish.
That’s when I realized that teaching Polish combined all my passions. Since childhood, I had loved history and all humanities-related subjects. In high school, I even became a finalist in the Philosophy Olympiad. Thanks to this job, I could share Poland’s history and culture through videos and podcasts. I also love languages, foreign cultures, and travel, and every lesson with a foreigner felt like a mini journey to another country. I was teaching others, showing them Poland, while at the same time learning so much about the world and other languages myself.
I love learning languages on my own, and today, besides Polish, I also speak eight other languages. I know English, French, Swedish, Italian, Brazilian Portuguese, Spanish, German, and Russian. But it wasn’t always this way. I still remember how, in school, I wrote an essay about being a polyglot and said that it wasn’t for me at all…
That’s why, I truly believe that anyone, regardless of age and skills, is capable of learning a foreign language.
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Who am I?
My name is Anna, but in Poland everyone calls me Ania: most names have two versions and “Anna” sounds very formal in Polish. I was born in 1997 in Warsaw, the capital of Poland, but now I live in France.
I studied linguistics with French and Swedish at the University of Warsaw. After the university, I quickly realized that I wanted to be a teacher. Although I once thought that I definitely wouldn’t go into teaching right after university, after less than a year of working in a corporation, I knew it wasn’t for me at all.
I started as a French teacher, but that wasn’t exactly what I wanted to do either. I loved meeting new people and sharing knowledge, but it frustrated me that I had to consult everything with native speakers. I was never completely sure of anything. And then it finally hit me—the thing I truly wanted to do was teach my own language. For a long time, I had been learning other languages on my own with YouTube, and I saw French, Italian, and English native speakers teaching their languages. At first, I regretted not being a native speaker of one of those popular languages. I thought, “Nobody learns Polish anyway.” But I quickly changed my mind when I found out that tens of thousands of people around the world were learning Polish.
That’s when I realized that teaching Polish combined all my passions. Since childhood, I had loved history and all humanities-related subjects. In high school, I even became a finalist in the Philosophy Olympiad. Thanks to this job, I could share Poland’s history and culture through videos and podcasts. I also love languages, foreign cultures, and travel, and every lesson with a foreigner felt like a mini journey to another country. I was teaching others, showing them Poland, while at the same time learning so much about the world and other languages myself.
I love learning languages on my own, and today, besides Polish, I also speak eight other languages. I know English, French, Swedish, Italian, Brazilian Portuguese, Spanish, German, and Russian. But it wasn’t always this way. I still remember how, in school, I wrote an essay about being a polyglot and said that it wasn’t for me at all…
That’s why, I truly believe that anyone, regardless of age and skills, is capable of learning a foreign language.
My Story
2021
July
I had already been teaching during my university years, but my journey as a teacher truly began in 2021 when I graduated from the Faculty of Applied Linguistics at the University of Warsaw.
Since the Covid-19 pandemic was still ongoing, I completed all my classes online. Although it was a challenging time for most of us, I can’t complain. The pandemic cut short my Erasmus exchange in Paris, but spending a year at home and studying remotely allowed me to earn a Postgraduate Diploma in Teaching Polish as a Foreign Language alongside my Master’s degree. I even had time to work at the same time!
During my university years, I taught French, but I felt I wanted to try something different. That’s why I took a job in a customer service position at a company working with clients from Switzerland. As much as I love speaking foreign languages, I absolutely hated working in a corporation! By then, I already knew that teaching was the only thing I truly wanted to do, so I quit as soon as I got my Master’s degree.
At the same time, I created my YouTube channel Płynnie po polsku – Speak Polish Fluently and I started publishing free Polish classes online.
2022
August
Cras ultricies ligula sed magna dictum porta.
Sed porttitor lectus nibh.
After a year of teaching French and Polish in Warsaw, both online and in person, I married my French fiancé and left Poland to settle on the west coast of France. I never would have imagined how challenging it would be to live in another country. Despite knowing French and already being immersed in French culture, I felt like I didn’t belong—I had no real connection to the place. Fortunately, we quickly made great friends, and within a year, I already felt at home.
Knowing that our life would be split between France and Poland, I decided to work exclusively online. Płynnie po polsku was growing, and I no longer needed to work for a school. Around the same time, I launched my podcast and created my Patreon.
2024
May
Becoming a mom in 2024 completely changed my perspective on my career. I didn’t want to give up my professional work, as Płynnie po polsku was still growing, but I also wanted to dedicate myself to my new role. I had to step away from individual lessons, but thanks to tremendous support from my family, Płynnie po polsku was able to continue.
Being a parent is incredibly challenging, but it’s also unbelievably empowering. Suddenly, I felt like I could do anything. My Patreon community grew like never before, and in 2025, I finally found the courage to create my first online course for beginners.
Today
Today, creating videos and podcasts for Polish learners has become second nature to me. I never would have thought I could come up with so many ideas for my content, but now it feels like my calendar isn’t big enough to fit them all.
I’m so grateful to have chosen this path—even though, despite what you might think when you see me smiling in my videos, it’s not an easy one. Creating content online and being a freelancer requires a lot of determination and patience—both of which I sometimes lack. Only my husband knows how many times I’ve thought about quitting.
But I will keep creating materials for you as long as I can, because I truly believe this is the best way to learn Polish, no matter where you are in your life.
