[1][2] Kershul studied in the U.S.,[5] then took her academic endeavors to Heidelberg, Germany where she earned her undergraduate and graduate degrees.

She received a second graduate degree from the University of California at Santa Barbara and then went on to do her doctoral studies in German Languages and Literature.

[2] Kershul worked her way through school as a bilingual tour guide, traveling all over Europe and parts of Asia and Africa.

She developed a fresh approach to learning a foreign language, which remained academically solid while geared to the traveler.

[1] In 1995, Kershul reacquired Bilingual Books and moved back to the Pacific Northwest to base the company out of Seattle, Washington.