Gloria Ulloa has a master’s in TESOL and a PHD in Rhetoric and Composition from Southern Illinois University. She has been an EFL instructor for more than 25 years and is currently the Coordinator of the Languages Center at the UPNFM.  Her research interests include language centers, writing centers, and writing skills development for ESL students. She was the first to bring a conference to the UPNFM, she has worked on regional projects alongside USAID, and received the best teacher award in 2015 from the UPNFM. She recently got back from Greece where she taught English for Tourism while also doing research on teaching of English for tourism purposes. She also presented this research at international conferences, and represented UPNFM at TESOL international summit. She enjoys her family and friends, and also gardens in her freetime.

My name is Claudia Morales Velásquez and I have worked with the English Program at Universidad Pedagógica Francisco Morazán CUR-SPS since 2016. I teach mostly in the levels but this year I started working with the Program Language Center teaching level I and level III. I studied at UPNFM CUR-SPS and majored in English. During my free time I love to explore and see new places. I enjoy everything that involves activities in open spaces; zip-lining, kayaking, snorkeling, visiting a quiet green forest, eating by the shore of a breezy beach or reading a good book in a quiet afternoon. I always encourage my students to follow their dreams and that everything they want depends on how much they really want it, all the power to achieve them is in their hands.

My name is Stephan Jones and I’m the Fulbright English Teaching Assistant here in San Pedro Sula. I help teach English at UPNFM-CURSPS with Licenciada Claudia Morales in the Language Center in the mornings and with Licenciada Ruth Mendoza in the evenings; I also help teach English at the Centro Cultural Sampedrano with the Micro-Access Scholarship Program in the afternoons. The university I attended was Wabash College in Crawfordsville, Indiana; I would go on to receive a Bachelors of Arts in Spanish with a minor in English Literature. In my free time, I like to read in both English and Spanish, binge watch a few series on Netflix, cook, and exercise (even though I’ve been very lazy recently).