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FACULTY / STAFF
SpanishNet College Administration

President - Iraima Anton Machado.
Advisor for Legal and Financial Affairs -
Thomas C. Walser, Esq.
Executive Vice President - Nuirahil Anton.
Administrator - Elena Montemayor.
Secretary - Maria Teresa Salinas G.

Faculty

Patricia G. Ursich
Location: USA
English teacher in the field of ESL since 1983. Proctor for TOEFL exams. Spanish teacher (Kidspeak Teaching Internship Program). More than 200 hours of seminars, workshops and conferences attended. ESL and Spanish Tutoring - 1983 to 1999 Translator: "The career coach", English into Spanish Certificate in English-Spanish Translation, New York University ESL Teacher, Instituto Superior de Formacion Docente # 5, Pergamino, Argentina English as a Second Language, Institute of London, Buenos Aires, Argentina 1974 to 1982

José Ignacio Mateo de Fuentes
Location: Spain
English Philology at Universidad de Valladolid (Spain). Proficiency in English from the University of Cambridge in Bristol (England). Italian, German and Applied Linguistics at Williams College, Mass. (USA). TOEFL in Armherst, Mass. German as a Foreign Language at the Sprachenkolleg and the Albert-Ludwigs-UniversitŠt in Freiburg (Germany). English and Spanish Linguistics and Literature , and Translation in different combinations German-English-Spanish at the Albert-Ludwigs-UniversitŠt in Freiburg. C.A.P. (workshop in Pedagogy) from the Universidad de Valladolid in Valladolid. Certificates of Advanced German and Advanced English from the Spanish Escuela Oficial de Idiomas in Valladolid and Madrid respectively. As a teacher: English and Spanish as a Foreign Language teacher at Linguacenter, Business Language School, Madrid (in-company lessons). Practising English teacher at the JosŽ Zorrilla High School in Valladolid. Teaching Assistant at the Romance Languages Department of Williams College, Mass. Assistant Teacher at Cotham Grammar School in Bristol, English teacher at the Colegio Pe–alba in Simancas, Valladolid. As a translator: Visitor`s Guide and different handouts from English into Spanish for the Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, Williamstown, Mass. Freelance translator from english and German into Spanish for Noraktrad, Madrid.

Gumersindo Sánchez Gómez
Location: Spain
MA in Spanish at The University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS. English Philology (BA) at Universidad de Santiago, Santiago de Compostela, Spain. European Union Erasmus Grant recipient at The Roehampton Institute, London, UK. English and French at the EOI in A Coru–a, Spain. Toefl. High School certification for foreign language teaching in Spain and the UK (CAP). Teaching Assistant at The University of Kansas for two years. Translation courses for university level students at The International Academy in A Coru–a. Freelance translator.

Antonio Solano Cazorla
Location: Spain
Spanish Philology -cum laude and honor mention- at the University of Valencia, Spain. Major in Literature (Spanish and Latin American). Minor in Linguistics and Spanish and Catalan Languages. Currently finishing Ph.D. in Spanish Literature of Golden Age. Certificate of Methodology in Language Teaching (Spanish/Catalan). Scholarship to support research works in the Philological field in the University of Valencia. Several seminars, congresses and symposia about Literature and Linguistics attended. Spanish Teaching Assistantship in Alfafar High School (Valencia). Tutor of English to High School students. Experience of electronic edition of literary texts (web pages available in the server of the University of Valencia)

María Pilar González Galván
Location: Spain
Doctorate in Spanish Literature, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Spain
Master´s Degree in Philosophy, Bachelor in Spanish Philology, Universidad
Autónoma de Madrid, Spain. German as a Foreign Language, Goethe Institut, Madrid, Spain Certificate of English as a Foreign Language, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Spain 200+ hours of seminars and workshops 1989-2000. *** Work experience 1976 - 2000 Teacher, Spanish language and Literature . English as a Foreign Language. Latin. History. Philosophy and Art History: Various schools in Madrid. Spanish as a Foreign Language, at Johanes Keplär Universität in Linz, Austria, and at New York University in Madrid. English/Spanish Translator, specialized in Psychology.

Laila Escartín Hamarinen
Location: Spain
Hispanic Filology, UNED. Associate Degree in Spanish, Faculty of Letters, Avignon University, France.
Teaching experience: 10 years teaching Spanish for private companies.
Professor, Languages Laboratory, Faculty of Letters, Avignon University.
France. Spanish Teacher, Eurolez, Tampere, Finlandia.
Languages: Spanish Finn English French Swedish Italian.

Maria Noble
Location: USA
Psychology at Universidad de Buenos Aires, Argentina. BA in Spanish Language at Universidad Central de Venezuela.
Translation courses at university level in the US and Spain.
Spanish Teaching Assistant at SpanishNet College for two years.
Freelance Translator for 8 years.

Beatriz Betancourt de Lopez
Location: USA
BA in Journalism at Universidad de Carabobo, Venezuela. Three years of English at Universidad Central de Venezuela.
Six years as Foreign Correspondent in Europe and the US for several Venezuelan publications.
Fluent in Spanish (native) and English. Verbal fluency in Italian.
Professor: Planned and taught English courses as a second language in Valencia, Venezuela.
Manager: Coordinated and supervised translations and edited bilingual literacy programs and bilingual web pages, Translation Services of Miami, FL.
Translator and Editor: Translated and edited sustainable development reports and dissertations, Translated science textbooks and videos from English
to Spanish for Venezuelan TV.
Two years as Substitute Spanish Teacher at SpanishNet College.

Substitute Teachers

Jorge L. Vazquez
Location: USA
Bachelor of Social Work - 1975 Major in Psychology. Minor in Education. Undergraduate studies in Bilingual English-SpanishTeaching, Gerontology and Human Behavior. 29 years experience in the field of Language Education and Community Services . Have taught grade level 4 through adults. Tutored Latin American students with language handicap in the areas of Social Service, Psychology, and Philosophy.