ADRIAN G. LEIVA
BIOGRAPHY
Adrian G. Leiva has been involved in the field of education since 1986 and in the area of higher
educational administration since 1992 when Muffles Junior College was established in Orange
Walk Town, Belize. He is currently the Dean of Muffles Junior College, a Catholic junior
college sponsored by the Sisters of Mercy. Mr. Leiva is a member of the Association of Tertiary
Level Institutions in Belize (ATLIB), the Caribbean Area Network for Quality Assurance in
Tertiary Education (CANQATE), the Belize National Council for Education (NCE), and the
Board of Trustees of the University of Belize. He has served as chair in ATLIB and as an
executive officer in the CANQATE Board of Management. He is currently vice-president in the
CANQATE Board of Management and vice-chairperson in NCE. As a Fulbright-CAMPUS
scholar, he obtained a B.Sc. Degree in English and a B.A. Degree in Economics from Minnesota
State University, Mankato, USA in 1990; and as a Fulbright-LASPAU scholar, he obtained an
M.Ed. Degree in Educational Leadership from Valdosta State University, Georgia, USA in 1996.