Tristan Druelinger got his degree in Education and German Language from Saint Louis University and his master's degree in German Literature and Linguistics from Middlebury College. He has also completed a certification program in teaching English as a foreign language. He has also previously worked as a teacher at the German School Association of Saint Louis and has also previously worked as a teacher's aid in a daycare, as an English teacher in Heidelberg, Germany and as an after-school care counselor at a Montessori School in the Saint Louis area.

He was raised in a suburb of Chicago and has participated in several foreign exchange programs in Germany. He currently lives in Berlin and teaches English and German at a secondary school there. He knew he wanted to be a teacher since high school. Tristan loves to bring a mixture of games, grammar, culture, and stories into the classroom. He is very excited to be your children's teacher this year and to be a part of the German Language School family.