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World Language and History Instructor

BA Instituto de Profesores Artigas, Montevideo Uruguay

Master's in Education, Antioch University New England, Keene

Born in Montevideo, Uruguay, I studied at the French School since kindergarten until I graduated from High School. Therefore I am bilingual in French and Spanish. After that I attended the Uruguayan institute for High School teacher graduating as High School History teacher after four years of Study. Being bilingual and having a degree in Education I was hired by the French Embassy in Uruguay to teach Spanish in France in a one year contract. Once finished my contract I moved to the United States to get my Master´s degree in Education and teach Spanish and History at the Dublin School.

Being bilingual and having a degree in Education I was hired by the French Embassy in Uruguay to teach Spanish in France in a one year contract. Once finished my contract I moved to the United States to get my Master´s degree in Education and teach Spanish and History at the Dublin School.

My biggest passion is History, but I also like languages. I am a Spanish native speaker and I am fluent in French, Portuguese and English. My favorite sport is long distance running.

What book has made you think the most?: The age of extremes by Eric Hobsbawm among others

If you could be a superhero, what would you want your superpowers to be?: A perfect memory

If your life had a theme song, what would it be?: Right now "Los Olímpicos" an Uruguayan song about Uruguayans that are living abroad

What teacher has had the most impact on you? How were they special?: Some of my History teachers in Uruguay, they are the main historians (researchers) in the country and they still teach at the teacher's institute. Their intellectual level was impressive but they taught us with simplicity and humility.

How would your friends describe you in 3 words?: passionate, intellectual, pertinacious

You are hosting a dinner party and must invite 3 famous people. Who would you choose and why?: Right now I would enjoy having dinner with Mario Vargas Llosa the Peruvian writer who just won the literature Nobel Prize. I am a big fan of his and I would like to discuss about his work and current issues in Latin america.

If Hollywood made a movie about your life, whom would you like to see play the lead role as you?: Denzel Washington