About Maria A L Avila

MICRO-BIO

  • Foreign Language Professor, researcher; writer in bilingualism, Teacher in High Schools in the USA, member of AATSP https://www.aatsp.org/

EXPERIENCE

  • Freedom Preparatory Academy HS Memphis Tennessee
    • Spanish Language Teacher & Italian Language Teacher and Professor
    • World Language Department
    • August 2022 to Present
  • Foreign Language Upper School The Salisbury School ( Maryland)
    • Upper School Spanish Teacher & Professor / Teacher Foreing Languages / Constant research
    • Foreign Language Honor Spanish
    • 6279 Hobbs Rd, Salisbury, MD 21804
    • November 2021 to Present
  • Children's Museum of Memphis, CMOM. Memphis Tennessee
    • Design Team Language Leader / Bilingual Activities Leader
    • Bilingual Activities Educational for for non-Spanish speaking children and for bilingual children
    • January 2020 to July 2021
  • The University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC)
    • Conference on the influence of alcohol on adolescents and consequences together with Chair Dr. Alex Dopico from the Department of Pharmacology at the University of Tennessee in Memphis.
    • Conference
    • May 2018 to June 2018
  • Museo Historico Sarmiento
    • Italian Language & Neorealism art Cinema Professor
    • Educational Activities Academy Division
    • January 2007 to 2015

EDUCATION

  • University of Buenos Aires, Argentina
    • Posgraduate in Arts PGD/Bachelor D. (italian) & Foreing Languages Professor
    • January 1999 to 2004

    Italian language and Spanish bilingualism in migrant communities.

DISCIPLINES

  • Hispanic American, Puerto Rican, And Mexican American/Chicano Studies

  • Bilingual, Multilingual, And Multicultural Education, Other

  • Bilingual, Multilingual, And Multicultural Education

  • Hispanic And Latin American Languages, Literatures, And Linguistics, General

  • Spanish Language Teacher Education

Interests

  • Spanish. Cultural Diversity Through Language

  • Bilingualism

  • Development Of Bilingualism In Non Spanish Speaking Cultures And Upper Education Students

Languages

  • French

  • Latin

  • Portuguese

  • English

  • Italian

  • Spanish

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