After over 22 years of teaching experience in the fields of Spanish, Social
Studies and Language Arts. I am now enjoying the new challenge of teach-
ing online. I believe that the most important part of teaching is establishing a
trusting relationship between student and teacher.
M.A., University of New Mexico Major: Spanish linguistics
Diploma Superior, Spanish Ministry of Education
B.A., Iowa State University Major: Spanish Minor: Social Studies
Spanish and United States History online teacher, 2008-present
Alamogordo, New Mexico 1999-present
Spanish, Journalism, Social Studies, and Digital Imaging teacher; Night School Coordinator
1988-1999 Taught Spanish I, II, III and A.P. Served as Foreign Language Department Chair
Taught first and second year Spanish, Spanish for Native Speakers,
Spanish for Social Workers and Spanish for Nurses. Managed the foreign
language lab.
Certificate of Recognition for student literary contest, Spanish Embassy
(April, 2006)
2003 Educator of the Year, Otero County NAACP
Presenter at the New Mexico Technology in Education conference, October,
2007. and Oklahoma Moodle Moot, 2008
Title of presentations: How can online courses best serve remedial students?
Presented workshop on Preparation of Video Yearbooks, Northwest Council for
Computer Education, Spokane, WA (2004)
National Endowment for the Humanities Workshop for Teachers (1993)