Meet The Members

The Rose Collective Members

The Rose Collective members are women who speak lots of different languages and have lots of different backgrounds. Together, we share our English to help each other learn and grow. At the moment, our members speak English and… Arabic, Cantonese, French, Japanese, Mandarin, Ukrainian, Urdu, Romanian, Taiwanese-Mandarin, Turkish…

The Rose Collective Founding Members

Alex

Alex founded The Rose Collective with the incredible Advisory Group in September 2025. She is a teacher at the University of Leeds. Alex leads many of the Rose Garden Zoom classes. She does most of the admin and the activities for the Grow & Self-Study WhatsApp chat.

Esther

Esther is a Rose Collective Founding Member and volunteers on The Advisory Group which makes decisions about every part of The Rose Collective. Esther leads many of the Rose Garden Zoom classes, including the Reading Group. Esther is our website designer and has made our whole website.   

Pat

Pat is a Rose Collective Founding Member and volunteers on The Advisory Group which makes decisions about every part of The Rose Collective. Pat leads the Rose Garden Reading Group.

A b.b.

A b.b. is a Rose Collective Founding Member and volunteers on The Advisory Group which makes decisions about every part of The Rose Collective. A b.b. is also a teacher so brings a valuable perspective to our decisions.

Jess

Jess is a Rose Collective Founding Member and volunteers on The Advisory Group which makes decisions about every part of The Rose Collective. Jess is a teacher at the University of Leeds. She leads Rose Garden Zoom classes.