NOTICIERO, MN-AATSP
Mayo 2016
Claire Choi—¿Qué Tal? 3rd Place NaDonal Jack Rickman—Benilde‐St. Margaret’s 1st Place NaDonal Samuel Rocheford—Benilde St Margarets 2nd Place NaDonal NOTICIERO, MN‐AATSP Mayo 2016 1 Carta de la Presidenta"
Queridxs colegas, Casi hemos llegado al final del año académico. Les quisiera felicitar a Uds., los instructores de todos niveles, por el buen trabajo que han hecho este año. Es seguro que sus estudiantes han aprendido mucho sobre el lenguaje español y las culturas hispánicas y que Uds. les han inspirado a conDnuar aprendiendo sobre el mundo hispano. Sabemos que el aprender sobre otras culturas, lenguas y experiencias que son disDntas a las que estamos acostumbrados nos lleva a un aprendizaje más profundo del mundo que nos rodea y de nuestras propias subjeDvidades. Ayudarles a los estudiantes a conceptualizar que el mundo es amplio y abierto—y que estamos todos conectados—es un regalo muy lindo que Uds. ofrecen dentro y fuera de la sala. ¡Celébrenlo! Muchas gracias por su dedicación. En una ceremonia el 21 de mayo la AATSP‐MN va a celebrar los logros de los estudiantes MinnesoDanos que parDciparon en el Concurso de Carteles (AATSP Poster Contest) y que tomaron el Examen Español Nacional (NSE) este año. También se reconocerán los instructores excepcionales de nuestro estado. Durante la ceremonia celebraremos los logros académicos, personales y arbsDcos de nuestros estudiantes y los instructores que los guían. El compromiso de nuestros estudiantes e instructores ponen a prueba el valor del aprendizaje lingüísDco y intercultural en nuestro estado. Es un placer anunciar que unos estudiantes de colegios estatales fueron galardonados premios compeDDvos y muy merecidos: Sarah Best (East View High School; Maestro James Funsten) y Benjamin Larson (Benilde‐St. Margaret’s School; Maestra Mary Murray y Maestro Mak McMerty‐Brummer) recibieron los Premios de Ciudadanía Global (los Global CiDzenship Awards) del NSE para estudiar español por dos semanas este verano en los Concordia Language Villages en Bemidji, Minnesota. Sarah y Ben, quienes fueron escogidos entre 16 finalistas de los Estados Unidos, fueron apremiados debido a la calificación alta de sus exámenes españoles nacionales y la calidad de sus ensayos escritos y entrevistas grabadas. ¡Enhorabuena! Catherine Link (VisitaDon School; Maestra Francie Sullivan) ganó un premio para poder viajar a un país hispanohablante (el Junior Travel Award) del NSE. Ella salió muy bien en el examen de español y entregó un dossier impresionante. ¡Felicidades! Estamos orgullosos también de tres miembros de la AATSP‐MN—instructores de español—que fueron galardonados premios compeDDvos e impresionantes: Grant Boulanger, maestro de español en el Skyview Middle School, fue concedido dos premios impresionantes: el Premio MCTLC‐MN Teacher of the Year y el Premio CSC Regional Language Teacher of the Year. Le damos felicidades por su buenísimo trabajo y por haber sido galardonado dos premios de enseñanza muy importantes en nuestro estado. ¡Enhorabuena, Grant! NOTICIERO, MN‐AATSP Mayo 2016 2 Carta de la Presidenta Be6y Lo6erman, maestra emérita de español que también ha formado parte de la Mesa DirecDva de la AATSP‐MN, recibió el Premio Emma Birkmaier Award for Outstanding Language Educator. Es un gran honor que la AATSP‐MN reconozca la carrera estupenda de Sra. Lokerman. Le agradecemos mucho por su devoción. ¡Enhorabuena, Beky! Mary Lynn Montgomery, quien ha formado parte de la Mesa DirecDva de la AATSP‐MN y que es maestra emérita de español, fue galardonada el Premio Ricardo A. Narváez. Este gran honor, que es posible gracias a la generosidad de la familia Narváez, es otorgado a un/a instructor/a de español de Minnesota por su dedicación y servicio excepcional a nuestra profesión. ¡Felicidades a Mary Lynn y gracias por su dedicación! Aunque termina el año académico la Mesa DirecDva de la AATSP‐MN sigue trabajando en la programación del resto del año. Les sugiero que estén pendientes de las próximas acDvidades de la AATSP‐MN en nuestro siDo de web (www.mn‐aatsp.org) y por correo electrónico. De gran importancia: La Mesa DirecDva de la AATSP‐MN todavía busca miembros para el año 2016. ¡Los animo a parDcipar! Sin representación en la Mesa nuestro capítulo estatal no puede exisDr. Contemos con Uds. para tener éxito. Escríbanme (jbrady@aatsp.org) si les interesa pedir más información sobre los siguientes puestos vacíos: • President‐Elect (President‐Elect en 2016 / Presidente en 2017 / Ex‐Presidente en 2018) • Vicepresident (2016–17) • Webmaster (2016–17) • Coordinador/a de los exámenes nacionales de español (NSE) (2016–ago. 2018) ¡Feliz fin del año académico! Como siempre no duden en ponerse en contacto conmigo si surgen preguntas o ideas. Saludos cordiales, Jennifer Jennifer Brady jbrady@aatsp.org NOTICIERO, MN‐AATSP Mayo 2016 3 The 2015 Premio Narváez, the highest honor that the Minnesota Chapter of the AATSP can bestow upon a colleague, was presented by Chapter Historian León Narváez to Mary Lynn Montgomery at the Annual MeeDng on November 14, 2015. Established through the generosity of the Narváez family, the award honors the legacy of Dr. Ricardo A. Narváez, a disDnguished professor of Hispanic LinguisDcs at the University of Minnesota (1947‐51 and 1958‐85) and an inspiraDon to generaDons of teachers and professors of Spanish and Portuguese in the state of Minnesota. •
Mary Lynn, a 2000 graduate of St. Olaf College, completed a double major in French and Spanish. She earned an MA in Spanish through Middlebury College’s Graduate School of Spanish in Spain in 2003, completed a Post Post‐Baccalaureate CerDficate in French Studies at the University of Minnesota in 2006, and, axer a successful career as a teacher in Minneapolis and Coon Rapids, is currently pursuing a Ph.D. is Second Language EducaDon at the University of Minnesota. Mary Lynn’s excellence as a teacher of Spanish has been evident in the classroom as well as in her •
commitment to a variety of curriculum projects ranging from linking environmental issues and human rights to language learning to developing materials for AP classes that emphasize interpersonal and presentaDonal wriDng skills. Moreover, she has demonstrated outstanding dedicaDon to the profession through years of service to the Minnesota Chapter of the AATSP as Coordinator of the FesDval Quijote, and, more recently, as President (2012‐2013); to MCTLC as a frequent workshop presenter and AATSP liaison to the MCTLC Board; and through her work as a member of the Board of Directors of the Global CiDzens Network. NOTICIERO, MN‐AATSP Mayo 2016 4 2016 Poster Contest
Results"
We are very proud to announce that we have three naDonal winners this year: Claire Choi of ¿Qué Tal? (K‐2), Samuel Rocheford of Benilde‐St. Margaret’s (9‐12 Digital), and Jack Rickman of Benilde‐St. Margaret’s (9‐12 Digital). Two naDonal winners are featured on the cover page of this issue of No#ciero. Concurso de carteles 2016: Abre Puertas con el español – Abra portas com o portugués We had 18 entries in the various categories and with such creaDvity shown by all, the MN‐AATSP Mesa DirecDva had tough decisions to make. Thank you for encouraging your students to parDcipate! The winning posters were sent on to the AATSP NaDonal Poster Contest, where they were judged and winners announced. None of the entries to the NaDonal Contest will be returned. The following winners, along with their teachers and one guest, are invited to our annual Awards Banquet on Saturday, May 21st at the Neighborhood House/Wellstone Center in St. Paul from 11am to approximately 1 pm. Poster entries not submiked to the NaDonal contest can be picked up by their teachers at the banquet. Category A: grades K‐3: Claire Choi ‐ ¿Qué Tal? Language (Instr. Francisco Peschard and Ana Rayas) Category C: grades 6‐8: Elizabeth Valley – Benilde‐St. Margaret’s (Instr. Makhew McMerty‐Brummer) Category D: grades 9‐12 Hand‐drawn: 1st: Holly CaboD‐Jones – Benilde‐St. Margaret’s (Instr. Mary Murray) 2nd: Emma Bersie – Eastview High School (Instr. Liz Perona) 3rd: Gwendolyn Fairlie – Rosemount High School (Instr. Marta Fendrich) Category E: grades 9‐12 Digital: 1st: Alec Johnson – Benilde‐St. Margaret’s (Instr. Mary Murray) 2nd: Jack Rickman – Benilde‐St. Margaret’s (Instr. Makhew McMerty‐Brummer) 3rd: Samuel Rocheford – Benilde‐St. Margaret’s (Instr. Mary Murray) Thank you again for all that you do for your students! Liz Perona, MN‐AATSP Poster Contest Coordinator NOTICIERO, MN‐AATSP Mayo 2016 5 National Spanish
Exam Results
•  Our parDcipaDon was impressive in 2015: 2250 students parDcipated with approximately 70 teachers sponsoring the assessment, an improvement over the 2000 test‐takers from 2014. We conDnued our increased parDcipaDon in 2016 with 2297 students taking exams. •  2016 has been a banner year in which two MN students (Sarah Most and Benjamin Larson) were selected from 16 naDonal finalists by the NaDonal Spanish Exam organizaDon as recipients of the Global CiDzen Scholarship and another student (Catherine Link) was chosen as one of 24 students across the naDon to receive the Junior Travel Award. AddiDonally, we have seven applicants for the chapter’s $1000 Senior Scholarship and the $500 Travel Award. Last year (2015) we had none. These students will be selected by a subcommikee of the AATSP‐MN Mesa DirecDva. All recipients will be recognized during the Awards Ceremony. NOTICIERO, MN‐AATSP Febrero 2016 6 Recipe Corner
As we head into the summer months, it seemed 1 strip of lemon zest like the perfect Dme to feature a few iced adult ¼ c. of fresh orange juice beverages. I’ll feature student‐friendly recipes 1 splash of soda water again this fall. These are for you to enjoy once your grading is complete (or to help you make that final grading push) as you enjoy a beauDful Combine the wine, brandy, Cointreau, vodka, port, orange, apples, cinnamon sDck, and lemon Minnesota summer! zest in a bowl and refrigerate for at least 4 hours. Pour the mixture into a pitcher filled halfway with West Coast Sangria ice. Add the orange juice and soda water; give a quick sDr and serve. Make sure each glass gets 1 bokle dry red wine some ice and fruit. ¼ c. sugar 1 c. orange juice Sol de limón* 1 c. pineapple juice ½ c. triple sec 1 c. Miguel Torres or other top‐quality Spanish brandy 1 orange, sliced ¼ c. Licor 43 or other vanilla –flavored liqueur 1 lemon, sliced ¼ c. fresh lemon juice 1 apple, sliced 4 strips lemon zest (from the lemons used for Other fruit as desired juice) Mix all ingredients several days before serving Fill a metal shaker with 1 cup of ice, and then add and refrigerate. May be refrigerated up to 2 half of the brandy, half of the liqueur, and half of weeks. Recipe is easily doubled, tripled, etc. the lemon juice. Shake vigorously for 30 seconds. Pour into 2 8‐ounce rocks glasses and garnish with a twist of lemon. Repeat for the second batch. Sangria Tinto* *Recipe courtesy of José Andrés Made in Spain 1 bokle of fruity red wine, such as a Garnacha cookbook. 5 Tbsp. brandy **If you have a recipe that you’ve used as a class ¼ c. Cointreau or other top‐quality orange‐
project or is a family favorite, please share it with flavored liqueur us for a future issue of the No#ciero. Please send ¼ c. vodka your recipes to Michelle Sharp at 1 splash ruby port michelle.m.sharp@gmail.com 1 orange, peeled and sliced 2 Granny Smith apples, peeled and sliced 1 cinnamon sDck NOTICIERO, MN‐AATSP Mayo 7 2016 Calendario de Eventos
Coming A6racNons this Spring and Summer *May 8, 2016 Tía Tula Spanish School, in collaboraNon with the Government of Spain (Junta de CasDlla y León), offers 10 scholarships of one week for Spanish teachers in the US at high school, college or university level, with Spanish teacher training/ refresher course, accommodaDon, cultural acDviDes, transfers from Madrid to Salamanca and travel insurance included.hkp://www.Datula.com/scholarships‐
for‐teachers/usa‐canada/index.php *Friday, May 20th, 2016, 8:45am – 3:00pm 16th Annual LaNno Youth Peace and Leadership Conference De dónde Vengo Y Adónde Voy Augsburg College (2211 Riverside Ave. S, Minneapolis, 55454) The LaNno Youth Peace and Leadership Conference is a one‐day conference, planned by and for LaDno youth, consisDng of workshops, presentaDons, and acDviDes that promote healthy youth development, leadership, and posiNve idenNty. In this forum, LaDno youth learn from others and share their perspecDves and experiences regarding the peaceful development of their lives and community. For more informaDon, please contact Maureen Springer at 612‐872‐6165 ext. 117 or maureens@oportunidad.org. * May 21, 2016 ‐ Awards Ceremony for NSE / Poster Contest Winners (Wellstone Center, St. Paul) RegistraDon available at: hkp://www.mn‐
aatsp.org/AATSP‐MN/AATSP‐
MN__NaDonal_Spanish_Exam/
Awards_Ceremony_RegistraDon.html * July 8‐11, 2016 98th NaNonal AATSP Conference Open Doors / Portas Abertas / Puertas Abiertas Miami Marriok Biscayne Bay Hotel Miami, Florida Online registraDon available through June 10 *Aug. 16, 2016 Concert in the Park AATSP‐MN invites all chapter members to join us for a potluck picnic in the park this summer when the band Mariachi Mi Tierra plays at the Minnesota History Center Concert in the Park series on Tuesday, August 16, 2016 (6:30–
8:30pm). This cultural event will be offer a networking and immersion opportunity for members. We will send invitaDons and reminders via email, Facebook, and on our website. See the following links for more informaion: hkp://www.mnhs.org/event/1003; hkp://www.minnesotahistorycenter.org/
events‐programs/nine‐nights‐of‐ music. *October 28 and 29. Fall MCTLC MN‐AATSP will be present with an exhibit table, a reprise of our popular winter Teacher Workshop, "Hablando por los codos: PromoDng Oral Skills in and Out of the Spanish Classroom” with Professors Susanna Pérez‐CasDllejo and Sonia Rey‐Montejo of the University of Saint Thomas, and a featured presentaDon with our chapter president Jennifer Brady. Please plan to join us there. NOTICIERO, MN‐AATSP Mayo 2016 8 Recordatorios
wealth of pedagogical informaDon. Please encourage your colleagues to consider joining as well. Newsle6er ContribuNons Does your school have an upcoming event? Do you have a favorite cultural ouDng with your • President‐Elect (part of a three‐year term: students? Is there a new restaurant that should President‐Elect in 2016 / President in 2017 / not be missed? Please send these updates to michelle.m.sharp@gmail.com to be included in Past President in 2018) the quarterly newsleker. All member updates, • Vice‐President (two‐year term, 2016‐2017; recipes, and reflecDons are welcome! does not become president) • Webmaster (two‐year term) AdverNsing • Coordinator, NaDonal Spanish Exam (two‐
Do you have a small business or know of year term: September 1, 2016 ‐ August 31, 2018) ‐ Persons interested in coordinaDng the someone who offers services that would benefit our members? Consider adverDsing in NSE are invited to "shadow" our current the No#ciero. Contact coordinator, Donovan Williams, this spring. michelle.m.sharp@gmail.com for informaDon about rates. Board members receive CEÚs for their •
service, as well as the opportunity to MCTLC work and network with other teachers from across the state. Inquiries and Mark your calendar for the Fall MCTLC on expressions of interest can be directed to October 28 and 29. MN‐AATSP will be present President, Jennifer Brady, at with an exhibit table, a reprise of our popular jbrady@aatsp.org. winter Teacher Workshop, "Hablando por los codos: PromoDng Oral Skills in and Out of the Spanish Classroom” with Professors Susanna Annual Dues Pérez‐CasDllejo and Sonia Rey‐Montejo of the Please renew your annual dues at University of Saint Thomas, and a featured hkp://www.aatsp.org Our local chapter receives a percentage of these funds in order presentaDon with our chapter president to carry out our enrichment acDviDes including Jennifer Brady. Please plan to join us there. the spring and fall workshops and our spring awards ceremony. This tax deducDble professional expense allows you to earn CEUs, to meet other instructors of Spanish and Portuguese, to akend workshops and conferences at a discount, and to access a PosiNons Open on the Mesa DirecNva: We need you! We invite you to help us promote the study of Spanish and Portuguese in the state of Minnesota by joining the Mesa DirecDva in 2016. PosiDons sDll open include: NOTICIERO, MN‐AATSP Mayo 2016 9 Concurso: Respuestas
Montevideo: Uruguay This is a new feature in the No#ciero that •
requires audience parDcipaDon. Each issue will include a Concurso for our members. These are topics that you can also incorporate in your •
classes, but the compleDon of the Concurso is to be done by the member alone and without •
the use of the internet. La Paz: Bolivia Quito: Ecuador •
There are 21 Spanish‐speaking countries in the world and 22 capital ciDes. IdenDfy which country each of these capital ciDes belong to: •
Santo Domingo: República Dominicana Sucre: Bolivia •
Asunción: Paraguay •
San José: Costa Rica •
Bogotá: Colombia •
San Juan: Puerto Rico •
Buenos Aires: ArgenDna •
San Salvador: EL Salvador •
Caracas: Venezuela •
SanDago: Chile •
Ciudad de Guatemala: Guatemala •
•
Ciudad de México: México •
Ciudad de Panamá: Panamá •
La Habana: Cuba •
Lima: Perú •
Madrid: España •
Malabo: Guinea Ecuatorial •
Managua: Nicaragua Tegucigalpa: Honduras CongratulaNons to our first Concurso winners Fernando Contreras and Daniela Goldfine! Both received a Caribou Coffee gi] card. We appreciate everyone who parNcipated. Look for the next Concurso in this fall’s newsle6er for your opportunity to test your knowledge and win a prize! NOTICIERO, MN‐AATSP Mayo 2016 10 45 Scholarships for Study
Abroad around the world
The link to these awards was recently featured on the MN‐AATSP Facebook page. Please “like” the page in order to receive regular updates of current events and teaching materials. A few of the scholarships featured include: Boren Scholarships •
•
Deadline: Annual (typically early on in the calendar year) •
Awards: $8,000 (summer program, available for •
STEM students only) •
$10,000 (semester program) •
$20,000 (academic year program) •
•
•
Benjamin A. Gilman InternaNonal Scholarship Program Deadline: TBA •
•
•
•
Awards: $3,000 (summer program) $4,000 (fall and spring program) $5,000 (academic year program) •
Degree Level: Bachelors •
Sponsored by the Bureau of EducaDonal and Cultural Affairs of the U.S. Department of State, the Benjamin A. Gilman InternaDonal Scholarship program offers grants to U.S. undergraduates with limited financial means, in order to diversify the populaDon of students going abroad. Allianz Global Assistance Scholarship Degree Level: Bachelors •
Deadline: November 13th The annual scholarships of the NaDonal •
Awards: Security EducaDon Program provides $50 Amazon Gi] Card (for 30 finalists) fundings to undergraduate students from •
$2,500 (grand prize for six winners) the U.S. to study less popularly studied, •
minority world languages. PromoDng Degree Level: High School Seniors & linguisDc and cultural immersion, this Bachelors award program aims to support students •
With a belief that internaDonal travel can focusing on language studies that are help students grow and expand their criDcal to U.S. naDonal security. Boren horizons, Allianz Global Assistance has Scholars can choose to study abroad in been dedicated to giving students the their country of choice, excluding naDons opportunity to travel the world for over a within Western Europe as well as Canada, decade. American students enrolled in Australia, and New Zealand. In exchange accredited high schools, colleges, or for funding, scholars must commit to universiDes can submit a 60 to 90 second working in the federal government for at video OR a 500‐word essay answering the least a year axer graduaDon. quesDon “How can internaDonal travel impact my life?”, to apply for Allianz Global’s ScholarTrip funding opportunity. NOTICIERO, MN‐AATSP Mayo 11 2016 Entrevista
This month I had the pleasure of speaking with conDnually collect medical and school supplies. Joan Velazquez, co‐founder of Mano a mano, a Twin CiDes based group that works to build Where do you focus your efforts? Our focus schools and health clinics in Bolivia. The has always been rural areas. The rural areas are organizaDon was founded 22 years ago by Joan quite disperse and may lack infrastructure. This and her husband Segundo. is why road and water projects can be What was your inspiraNon to found Mano a essenDal. mano? We started the organizaDon in 1994 in order to address the greatest needs that we Would you describe your new educaNonal observed. I had first spent Dme in Bolivia with pilot program? We are very excited about this the Peace Corps and my husband grew up there. In fact, his family sDll serves as many of partnership. Every summer teachers from Minnesota go to Bolivia to instruct teachers our in country contacts and his grandmother helps to sort school supplies. The most obvious there on our pedagogical methods. Rural need was medical supplies and so we started school districts in Bolivia are working to integrate into the wider Bolivian educaDonal collecDng those to help local hospitals. From system. It’s a professional growth opportunity there we have expanded into educaDon of for both U.S. and Bolivian educators. The more children and sustainable agricultural development. We have founded 155 medical that we can help to improve the educaDonal system there, the more we can do to break the centers, some of which are hospitals, 55 schools, and a number of roads and reservoirs. cycle of poverty. EducaDon is the only way out of the poverty that dominates the rural communiDes. It gives people an opDon besides How do you choose your projects? We form moving into the ciDes or migraDng to other partnerships with communiDes that invite us in countries, oxen other South American and leave them with a project that they can countries or Spain. sustain. If Mano a mano provides the physical structure of the school or a clinic then the local What do the teachers do while they are there? government involvement is that they [the They go to a rural area where everyone is a government] then pay to staff it. We must farmer. It is an opportunity to communicate create a local network. The community must request our assistance and we make sure that with Bolivian educators and the families of the the community understands what is required. school. This summer’s project was requested We sign a contract with the community itself. by the parents so that they can beker understand the educaDonal process. Learning There is a lot of teaching that takes place before we break ground on any project. That styles in Bolivia sDll tend to depend heavily on rote memorizaDon and we are working with said, we have a backlog of projects that have them to shix to a model that depends more on been approved but we lack the funding or problem solving. Teachers will be in Bolivia manpower to make them happen. We from June 21‐29. This is the third year and currently have 55 clinic requests, 30 water about twenty educators will parDcipate. projects, and another 50 schools. We also NOTICIERO, MN‐AATSP Mayo 12 2016 Entrevista II
How can our members help? We would love to have more local educators parDcipate in future trips. We hope to have at least one each summer. We also have a Niño a niño project for school supply drives in addiDon to our medical supply collecDons. How can we learn more about Mano a mano? Our website is hkps://manoamano.org Our blog hkps://manoamano.org/blog/ has lots of informaDon about our current events, material drives, and volunteer opportuniDes. Almost everyone on our staff here in the U.S. is a volunteer. The majority of our paid employees are in Bolivia. This link specifically addresses ways for local area residents to help people in Bolivia: hkps://manoamano.org/how‐can‐i‐help/ NOTICIERO, MN‐AATSP Mayo 2016 13 La mesa directiva—new
members
Fernando Contreras Flamand – Member‐at‐large‐‐Since he can remember, he has been drawn to the field of educaDon. His first summer job as a college student was leading educaDonal tours in Mexico, Ecuador and Peru for American and BriDsh students of Spanish. He thinks that’s when his fascinaDon with culture, language and educaDon converged. Later, he followed this passion by becoming a Spanish language teacher in Asia and Europe. Most recently he worked at the Ins#tuto Cervantes and the Metropolitan University of Prague in the Czech Republic. He also taught in Russia and Japan for several years. With an undergraduate in InternaDonal RelaDons and graduate studies in Teaching Spanish as a Second Language, Fernando brings a sociopoliDcal aspect to his teaching – he believes in language acquisiDon as a means to open his students’ minds to the diverse richness of our global society. Fernando currently teaches at Carleton College and the University of Saint Thomas. He loves spending Dme with his wife and their 4‐year‐old daughter, traveling, learning languages, and long distance running. Francisco Peschard– Member‐at large‐‐ExecuDve Leader with extensive experDse in General Management, DistribuDon, Strategic Planning, P&L and Talent management. Experienced (+25yrs.) in turnarounds, operaDonal improvement and profitable growth in retail (Target), industrial (Avery Dennison & GE) and consumer goods (Rubbermaid) leading companies in the USA, Mexico and Central America. Currently ExecuDve Director of the Qué Tal Spanish Language Program (Wayzata & Edina), teaching Spanish to 5th grade students since 2014. A Chemical Engineer (UNAM México), with an MBA (InsDtuto de Estudios Universitarios, México) and Top Management Program with IPADE México (with 9 years of conDnuous updaDng sessions). MulDple management training programs at work including 6 sigma Green Belt. Lean Six Sigma with Villanova University. Instructor in various intercompany programs and adjunct with Tiffin University (Ohio), teaching InternaDonal Management. Owner of an Insurance and Financial Services agency. NOTICIERO, MN‐AATSP Mayo 2016 14