Meet Terry – Your Counselor
My name is Terry Bellus and I have been an Au Pair in America Community Counselor in Virginia, since 2000. My service area includes: Fairfax County: Fairfax, Springfield, Lorton, Fairfax Station and Alexandria. I currently have about 70 AWESOME au pairs placed with host families in my cluster.
When I started working at Au Pair in America my goal was to keep a job that enabled me to work from home and spend time with my three children – now 20, 18 and 10. Little did I know, being a Community Counselor would evolve into a consuming passion. Raised an “Army brat” I was fortunate enough to have many opportunities to travel the world and experience many different cultures. As a Community Counselor I am able to blend the experiences from my childhood, and those as a parent – what a gift!!
I love being given the opportunity to meet young women from all over the world, and their energy to embrace new experiences drives me to work twice as hard to make their time here all the more special. I embrace the challenge of shattering any prejudices the Au Pairs may have prior to their arrival in America, and delight in getting the chance to expose them to this great country of ours. I incorporate lessons gleaned in my own 20-year parenting career to help my Au Pairs focus on the needs of my most important clients – the children. Guiding Au Pairs through life lessons like balancing a job with the excitement of coming to a new and foreign land is as thrilling to me as all of the new things they will experience here in America. There is nothing better than to wake up every day to do a job that I love!
Please email me at: tbaupair@cox.net if you have any questions.
