Managing Directors

Adelita Jimenez

Founding Director
Intercultura staff

Adelita is a native Costa Rican. She co-founded the school after working for several years as Spanish professor and later as administrative director in a San José language school. After her original degree in education, she went on to study business with an emphasis in public relations at the Universidad Interamericana in Heredia. She has attended numerous seminars in the area of business administration and management at Harvard Extension School, and second language acquisition nationally and abroad. Weiterlesen »

Laura Ellington

Founding Director
Intercultura staff

Laura was born in Switzerland, grew up in England, then moved to the US, where she completed her BA in English Literature with a minor in teaching Spanish as a Second Language, from Skidmore College. She has RSA/CELTA Teaching Certification from Cambridge University, and a Post-Graduate Certificate in English-Spanish translation and linguistics from the Universidad Internacional de las Américas, Costa Rica. Her MA is in Cultural Anthropology, from the City University of New York- Hunter College. Weiterlesen »

Marcelo Arroyo

Executive Director and Spanish Department Director
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. Weiterlesen »

Lindsay Fair

English Department Director
Intercultura staff

Lindsay is from Chicago and holds two BA's in Psychology and English Literature from the University of Illinois at Chicago, as well as a TEFL teaching certificate. Before coming to Costa Rica, Lindsay developed a non-profit organization to raise money for refugees in Africa, taught English to refugees in the US, and taught community health and English classes in rural Uganda through the US Peace Corps. Now she is responsible for recruiting, hiring, training, and supporting Intercultura's group of 23 English teachers. Weiterlesen »

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