JOE WOODS, SERVICE LEARNING
Joseph is from Toledo, Ohio and holds a B.A. in Public Policy and International Relations (focus on Health Policy) from Princeton University. During his third year of college, Mr. Joe studied at the University of Buenos Aires and interned in the city’s largest slum, with the intent of providing social services to vulnerable pregnant mothers and young families. Prior AIS, he interned with Wits University in rural northeastern South Africa, assisting with annual census recordings and various health research projects. |
MARIA MORLEY, ART
Maria holds a BFA from the Michigan State University and a BFA in Education from the Rocky Mtn. College of Art + Design, with a K-12 teacher certification. She also holds a Master's of Fine Art: Sculpture and Ceramics. In her past she worked as Art Teacher at the Colegio Interamericano in Guatemala City and as an Sculpture Technician at the Rocky Mtn. College of Art + Design in Denver, Colorado. |
GINA TILLERY, MUSIC
Ms. Tillery holds a Bachelor of Music Education from the University of South Alabama. She previously worked as a teacher (preK-12) for eight years in Guatemala. She also was IT coordinator at Colegio Colonial Bilingue for four years. Before beginning her career in education, she worked in a Musical Instrument Digital Interface (MIDI) Lab exploring the use of technology in music, and performed as an orchestral percussionist and a professional vocalist in the U.S. |
SANDY MORALES, MUSIC AIDE
Sandy graduated as a Preschool Teacher from Escuela de Maestras para párvulos “Dr. Alfredo Carrillo Ramirez” and holds a P.E.M. in music from Universidad del Valle de Guatemala.Before coming to AIS she has worked as an English teacher for seven years, she also taught in a preschool at the American Valley School, Colegio Trozos and Educare, and worked as an Elementary and Secondary Teacher at Centro Educativo Getsemaní and in the Art department of Universidad del Valle de Guatemala. She is a singer in the quartet Dolci Voci and is the president of the Marimba club at Universidad del Valle, Guatemala. |
MARIA ELENA VALENCIA, PE
Ms. Valencia graduated in Physical Education and Human Development from the University Galileo, Guatemala and has a degree in Administration of Sport Institutions. She also holds a Master’s Degree in Business Administration from the University Isabel I, Escuela de Negocios Europea de Barcelona. Mrs. Valencia has all together 22 years of experience teaching Physical Education, 11 of them she taught at the Colegio Decroly Americano CDA, Guatemala. |
CARLOS MAXIMINO GOMEZ, " MAX", TECHNOLOGY
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