MEET THE ITA STAFF

• B.A. Wheaton College English/Spanish 

• M.A. Wheaton College TESOL and Intercultural Studies

• Certificate: University of Chicago Translation Studies

USA:

• World Relief—Non-profit adult ESL courses for adult immigrants/refugees

• Bilingual Elementary Program in the U.S. Public Schools working with at-risk students

ABROAD:

• Private High School Spanish Language Teacher and World Languages Department Head—8 years

• Costa Rica through the non-profit WorldTeach—1 year in a rural public elementary school, grades K-6

• Costa Rica at the International Christian School teaching High School English at a bilingual school

• Ecuador at the Universidad Tecnica Particular de Loja teaching English Majors and General English-1 year

• Costa Rica at “Inlingua” a language institute for professionals for about 6 months

One favorite travel memory is from very early on in my life when I was 16 and I traveled with a group of students to live for a week with an indigenous group in the jungles of Ecuador.  We were given new names, were painted, slept in hammocks, bathed in waterfalls, and ate monkey soup (don’t recommend).  Certainly a life-altering experience.

USA, Canada, Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama, Dominican Republic, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Chile, Argentina, Uruguay, Brasil, Argentina, Spain, England, France, Germany, Switzerland, Ireland, and Italy.

Be teachable and be humble.  While you will go with much to give and teach others, allow yourself to learn and be taught by the local community and culture wherever you are teaching.