Teaching Staff

Marcelo Arroyo Jiménez

Executive Director and Spanish Department Director and Spanish Teacher
Intercultura staff

Marcelo is a Costa Rica native and has worked with the school since 1994, first as a Spanish professor and now as the department head and the school's executive director. He is in charge of teacher training and runs Intercultura's ongoing professional development series. He has a BA and Licenciatura in Literature, Linguistics, and Education from the Universidad Nacional de Costa Rica, where he then went on to obtain two Master's degrees, one in Teaching Spanish as a Second Language and, other in Adult Education. Read more »

Nuria Rodriguez

Spanish Teacher
Intercultura staff

Nuria is Costa Rican and received her BA in Spanish Literature and Linguistics from the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Costa Rica, where she went on to obtain a Post-Graduate Certificate in the same field. She taught Spanish as a Second Language and also Spanish Grammar and Literature at the high-school level, before joining Intercultura in 2000.

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Jesús Cárdenas

Spanish Teacher
Intercultura staff

Jesús grew up in San Ramón and then went on to study at the University of Costa Rica in San José, where he obtained a BA in Teaching Spanish Language and Literature and his MA in Hispanoamerican Literature. He worked as a primary and secondary school teacher for six years, and also taught oral expression and literature in the corporate environment before joining Intercultura in 2005. His current professional development is focused on teacher-training for Spanish literature, and curriculum design and evaluation. Read more »

Mónica Molina

Spanish Teacher
Intercultura staff

Mónica is Costa Rican, and studied Spanish Literature and Linguistics at the National University, where she obtained her BA and certification in Teaching Spanish as a Second Language. She also studied community education and taught both adults and high school students in public and private institutions before joining Intercultura in 2003 as a Spanish professor. Read more »

Samuel Barrera

Spanish Teacher
Intercultura staff

Samuel is originally from Lima, Perú, but has lived in Costa Rica since 2000. He has a BA in Educational Science from the Costa Rican National University, and an MA in Education at the National University, with emphasis in Teaching Spanish as a Second Language. He studied Teaching English and Spanish as a Second language in Lima, Perú and has worked as a Spanish teacher in both Perú and Costa Rica. Samuel has worked in the Peace Corps and at the university level teaching Spanish since 2001, and at Intercultura since 2006.

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Monserrat Santana

Spanish Teacher
Intercultura staff

Monserrat, a Costa Rican native, received her BA in Dance at the National University, and her BS in Education and Language Therapy at the University of Santa Paula, where she went on to do a Licenciatura in the same field and a Master's degree in Education with emphasis on Teaching Spanish as a Second Language. She has presented at various conferences on Language Acquisition and Speech Therapy, and is proficient in sign language. Read more »

Vanesa Carvajal

Spanish Teacher
Intercultura staff

Vanesa is Costa Rican and has been a Spanish professor at Intercultura since 1994. She has a BS in Education from the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Costa Rica, with emphasis in Spanish. She is also certified as a teacher of Spanish as a Second Language. She has participated in numerous workshops and conferences, specializing in the Teaching of Spanish as a Second Language. Read more »

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