I was born in the United States in 1963. My parents are both from Spain. I speak both Spanish and English as native languages. I has lived 24 years in Latin America, especially Mexico, Costa Rica and El Salvador.
I attended both The University of Texas at Austin and the University of Oklahoma. I received my college degree from the University of Oklahoma. In 1992 I began teaching Spanish at the University of Oklahoma and in 1995 became the Spanish Coordinator for the University of Oklahoma. I was in charge of curriculum for all the Beginning Spanish Courses and coordinated all the Spanish Instructors. I taught Beginning Spanish, Spanish Composition, Spanish Reading, Spanish Grammar, Spanish Conversation, Business Spanish, Street Spanish and many more courses at the University of Oklahoma and Oklahoma Community College.
I have participated in editing many of the beginning Spanish Books used in the United States and reformatted the University of Oklahoma Beginning Spanish program to make it one of the most sophisticated and demanding programs in the United States.
I was hired as Director of the Spanish Institute of Puebla in July of 1998. My experience in teaching Spanish as a Second Language and my understanding of both the American and Spanish culture make me an expert in how to acquire Spanish as a Second Language.