Rina Capila

Teaching Areas: West Auckland
Vehicle: Auto 2022 Suzuki Swift

Personal pronouns: She/Her

Languages: English, Filipino

Has experience teaching students with learning difficulties.

Hi, my name is Rina.

I’m originally from the Philippines and graduated with a degree in Engineering. My real passion stems from my current role of a Driving Instructor.

From my experience in teaching other nationalities, it is exciting to learn their background, culture and their similarities (and differences) between. I enjoy learning why they need to drive, their life story and dreams. I feel accomplished when they arrive on that “a-ha” moment.

I have experience teaching deaf, autistic and Asperger’s students - the logistical challenge proved no barrier. My lessons are fun and engaging and my students feel safe and supported when with me. 

I am also a driver mentor in a community. The best part of the job is hearing from my students about how driving has changed their lives.

I look forward to helping you on your learning to drive journey.


Reviews 5 Star Rating


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When I met Rina, it was the very moment that I took a leaf of faith and begin to trust the process of learning. At first, I was too skeptical because I’m uncertain if she would be patient enough and nice to me given the fact that I had zero knowledge in driving. But all the uncertainties were gone the moment we start the lesson. She made me feel comfortable and with ease that everything would be okay and right then and there I decided to take more lessons with her, and with every lesson my journey of life changing learning begins and she made sure that learning isn’t always fearful but fun too. Rina’s approachable personality, professionalism, patience, passion, precise knowledge and pristine demonstration of skills acquires me to develop such confidence in driving and overcome my fear and doubt on myself. As an example; at the uncontrolled intersection and roundabout through her teaching I had learned to choose the safest gap to take without any fear or second thought and to fully understand the give way rule or the always give way to the right. Another example is, she was able to explained the concept and taught me the significance of doing the shoulder check by demonstrating what and where the blind spot is, she went out of the car stand behind where I can’t see her by merely looking at the side mirrors and that’s the time, I needed to turn my head to see my blind spot.

Rea


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