I graduated in Philology in 1994 from the University of Santiago de Compostela and obtained my teaching qualifications from the same university. I also graduated in foreign language teaching in 2008 from the University of Granada.
In 2014 I was awarded a Master's degree in Education and ICT (E-Learning) from the Open University of Catalonia.
After years of teaching English and Spanish at Spanish universities, in 2020 I became lecturer in the Department of Interpreting and Translation of the University of Bologna.
Teaching
Since 2014 I taught English and Spanish in various BA programs at the University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria and at the Open University of Catalonia. I also taught these languages at the Higher School of Music of the Canary Islands.
My specialized language teaching covered the following university degrees:
Translation and Interpreting
Modern Languages
History
Naval Engineering
Chemical Engineering
Industrial Engineering
Computer Engineering
Other university responsibilities
- Language examiner for the Modern Language Center of the University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria;
- Consultant of Spanish language and culture at the Center of the University of California in Granada, Spain;
- Research Fellow at the University of Granada, Spain.
Non-university foreign language teaching
- Elementary and secondary school teacher (public institutions);
- Language trainer at the National Reference Center for Vocational Training of the Canary Islands Employment Service;
- Teacher of foreign languages for specific purposes (adults and/or vocational qualifications);
- Language school teacher at Covent College International in Las Palmas.
Additional professional experience in foreign languages
- Translator;
- Examiner coordinator. Department of Modern Languages at Oxford, Cambridge, & Royal Society of Arts Exam Board. Cambridge, UK;
- Administrative. Department Special Requirements Oxford, Cambridge, & Royal Society of Arts Exam Board. Cambridge, UK;
- Administrative. Results Enquiries Department. University of Cambridge Local Exams Syndicate. Cambridge, UK.