Fun Facts

I LOVE SPANISH MUSIC AND DANCING AND SPENT MANY HOURS TRAINING HORSES IN MEXICO CITY WHEN I WAS A YOUNG WOMAN WITH MY FATHER. I STILL LOVE HORSES ALTHOUGH I AM UNABLE TO RIDE ANYMORE AND ALWAYS ENJOY LISTENING TO THE MUSIC AND SINGING THAT I GREW UP WITH IN MEXICO.. I LOVE TO SING AND DANCE BUT AM AFRAID I AM TONE DEAF SO I DO MY SINGING IN THE SHOWER.

About Me

I GREW UP IN MEXICO AND THEN WORKED AS A FLIGHT ATTENDANT AND SUPERVISOR FOR SIX YEARS AND AFTER MY MARRIAGE I WENT TO THE miami">UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI AND GOT MY B.A. IN ECONOMICS AND PSYCHOLOGY IN TWO AND A HALF YEARS.. I WENT TO GRADUATE SCHOOL UNTIL MY DAUGHTER WAS BORN AND LATER WORKED AS AN ECONOMIST AND TRANSLATOR IN WASHINGTON, D.C. AT THE LABOR DEPT.

Experience

DURING MY YEARS WITH THE AIRLINES I DID ALL THE TRANSLATION WORK ON BOARD MY FLIGHTS AS WE HAD MANY LATIN AMERICAN PASSENGERS AND MY YEARS OF TRANSLATING DOCUMENTS FROM LATIN AMERICA GAVE ME A BROADER KNOWLEDGE OF BUSINESS SPANISH. I ALSO DID SOME VOLUNTEER TUTORING IN MY NEIGBORHOOD WHEN MY DAUGHTER WAS GROWING UP.AND ENJOYED THE SATISFACTION OF HELPING STUDENTS WHO WERE HAVING DIFFICULTIES WITH THEIR STUDIES AND WOULD VERY MUCH ENJOY TUTORING AGAIN.

Approach

I HAVE A GRANDCHILD WITH A LEARNING DISABILITY AND KNOW HOW IMPORTANT COMPASSION AND KINDNESS IS IN GIVING A STUDENT THE INCENTIVE TO LEARN AND REMEMBER WHEN I HAD DIFFICULTIES WITH MATH AFTER MISSING A YEAR OF SCHOOL AND HAD NO HELP AT THE TIME AND WAS NOT ABLE TO CATCH UP WITH MY PEERS IN ALGEBRA BECAUSE THERE WERE NO TUTORS TO HELP AT THAT TIME AND PLACE. I UNDERSTAND THE IMPORTANCE OF HAVING SOMEONE ONE ON ONE TO HELP WITH STUDIES AND TO GIVE ENCOURGEMENT TO THE STUDENT.