Viviana Wilma Flores

Viviana Wilma Flores, a native of Oruro, is 34 years old and married. She attended secondary school in both Bolivia and Buenos Aires. Her experience studying and working in Argentina proved extremely valuable in her personal and professional development. She returned to Bolivia where she completed her studies at San Simon University, in Applied Linguistics and Language teaching. Since 2000 she has been teaching Spanish and Quechua to foreigners from all over the world.  She has also designed a text for teaching Quechua as a second language.  

Hernán José Aguilar Rojas

Hernan was born in Cochabamba in 1945.  He studied at Parroquial Santa Ana de Cala Cala Mary Knoll and Junin National School. He attended the Del Valle University where he graduated in 1998. He studied painting and theatre in the Centro Boliviano Americano as well as courses of theatre direction in the Alianza Francesa. For 30 years he dedicated himself exclusively to painting and for a further 16 years to the theatre. He has appeared in many popular Bolivian plays and had a main part in the movie “La Cruel Martina”.  In 1998 he worked in the Association of River Transport and in 1999 as a consultant to the Federación Unica de Trabajadores Campesinos. In 2002 he worked in the headquarters of the Bolivian Congress and in 2005 he became the President of the Bolivian Institute of Art.  Due to Hernan´s personal and professional experience his classes often incorporate lectures on Bolivian history, art and literature.  Throughout his life one of one of his main hobbies has been teaching his native language, Quechua.

Patricia Lizbeth Caba Peñaranda

Patricia Torrico Luizaga

Patricia Torrico Luizaga was born in Cochabamba in 1979. She comes from a large family and has lived in Cochabamba most of her life. She studied Applied Linguistics and Language teaching at San Simon University where she learned English, French and Quechua. She has practical experience as a linguistics and English teacher, as well as teaching Spanish to school students in the city of Dijon in France. This experience served to improve her professionally, and to value her own country more. In her spare time she likes to travel and play football.

Karen Paola Illanes Santa Cruz

Karen is 26 years old and married. She was born in the city of La Paz but moved to Cochabamba as a child. She studied Applied Linguistics and Language teaching in the department of Linguistics at San Simon University graduating in 2006.  Throughout her time in the university she gained practical experience teaching as a tutor and Spanish teacher for various institutions. Karen´s professional experience is varied having worked as an assistant in the Translation Centre of San Simon University, as a private secretary, as a cashier in an internet café and as a legal secretary and, of course, as a language instructor. Her hobbies include dancing, reading and watching movies.

Milenka Perez

Milenka is 26 years old and a native of Las Yungas in the department of La Paz. She went to primary school at Sara Ugarte and secondary school at Daniel Salamanca. At the age of 15 she moved to Cochabamba in order to continue her studies. Like many of our teachers she studied Applied Linguistics and Language teaching at San Simon University in Cochabamba and graduated in 2005.  In addition to teaching Spanish, Milenka also teaches English to Bolivian students and gives classes on traditional Bolivian dancing.

Alexi Campos Reinaga

Alexei was born in Cochabamba on December 26 1976. From 1981 to 1994 he attended the Instituto Americano and later studied Economics in San Simon University until 1997 but had to abandon his degree because of work commitments. In 1999 Alexei began studying Social Communication and received a degree in 2003. In 2007 he completed his thesis in PROSALUD, which is currently under revision.  Alexei has much experience tutoring Spanish to both foreigners and high school students in Cochabamba.

Betty Salguero Terceros

Betty was born in Potosí in 1965. Betty attended primary school in Junín de Catavi and secondary school in Liceo de Señoritas Prada.  In 1986 she began studying linguistics at the Universidad Mayor de San Simon and in 1992 received her degree. After teaching for one year in a private English institute, she began teaching Spanish to foreigners. With over 13 years of experience teaching Spanish, Betty has developed her own methodology and skills.  She is married and has two sons.

Carmen Rosa Guzmán Herrera

Carmen was born in Potosí in 1975. She went to primary school in Colegio Bolivia, secondary school in Ciudad de Potosí and attended university at San Simon where she studied Applied Linguistics and Language teaching. After graduating she travelled to France where she taught Spanish at F.L.E. in l' ècole superieur Yvelines Langues in Paris. Upon returning to Bolivia, Carmen completed her master´s degree in education at the Universidad Militar de las Fuerzas Armadas de la Nación.  Since 1999 she has worked in bilingual education in various prestigious schools and institutes of higher education.  She has experience working as a translator, teaching graduate classes at the Military University as well as teaching both Spanish and Quechua to foreigners and Bolivians. Her hobbies are listening to music, travelling, reading and writing.  She is considered sincere, honest, happy-go-lucky, and studious.

Nancy Arispe Ureña

Nancy was born in Cochabamba in 1956. Nancy received a degree in Pharmaceutical Biochemistry at the San Simon University. While pursuing her degree, she gave English classes to primary and secondary school students as well as teaching Spanish to foreigners. In addition to teaching, Nancy has also arranged home-stay visits in her house for students learning Spanish. Due to her knowledge of Quechua, she has often worked in rural areas providing professional support as well as promoting Bolivian-made products in Germany.  She has two sons and lives with her mother in Cala Cala.

Oscar Rosas Llusco

Patty García Bráñez

Patty García Bráñez was born in 1981 in Cochabamba Bolivia. She attended secondary school at the Maria Cristina and finished her high school studies in 1999. In 2000 she began her studies at the Universidad Mayor de San Simon and graduated in 2007 with a degree in Linguistics. Before joining Sustainable Bolivia Patty taught Spanish to volunteers at Projects Abroad. In her free time Patty enjoys listening to music, reading and playing basketball.