Dr. Makrina Zafiri is a permanent at the Center of Foreign Languages, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece. She is also an Academic Associate at the Hellenic Open University and a Teacher Trainer at the Greek National Teacher Training Institute of ASPETE in Thessaloniki. She holds two degrees, one in English Language and Literature and one in Law, both from the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, as well as three MA’s, one in Theoretical and Applied Linguistics from the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, one in the field of Sociology, Philosophy, and History of Law from the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, and a third MA in Studies in Education from the Hellenic Open University (HOU). Her Ph.D. is in First and Second Language Teaching from the University of Patra, Greece.