Local Chapters

Higinio Ordoñez Suárez was born in Atlacomulco, State of Mexico and has a BA in English Teaching and MA in Administration.

He has been a Language Teacher for more than 33 years.
He was a Teacher Trainer and English State Coordinator in the State of Mexico where he developed several projects for In-service language teachers.
He has conducted academic activities in Japan, Peru, Spain, Costa Rica, Panama and different states in Mexico.
He is currently a Freelance Consultant on Teaching English to Young Learners and Teacher Training

• Antonio Choy Carrillo

  • was born on January 17th 1977, in Tuxtla Gutierrez, Chiapas; son of a Chinese immigrant and a Mexican woman is the last of three.

   

  • When he finished High School, traveled to Ohio as an exchange student where he learned English, then moved to Cancun to study his college.

   

  • Holds a BA in Tourism by Universidad La Salle Cancun, a BA in ELT by SEP, and a MBA by Universidad Politecnica de Cataluña.

   

  • He has been a EFL teacher for more than 10 years, in different institutions, both public and private, such as ITESM in Chiapas, UVM campus Tuxtla and Instituto Tecnologico de Tuxtla Gutierrez, just to mention some; he currently teaches at Colegio la Paz de Tuxtla to high school students.

   

  • Along with his teaching commitment, he manages a party venue and it is also a Wedding Planner, activities that combines perfectly with the same dedication and professionalism.

   

  • He has also been an active member of MEXTESOL Chiapas Chapter for more than ten years and has participated not only in several Academic, Regionals and National Conventions, but also in different academic events of the U.S. Embassy at the Benjamin Franklin Corner and academic events of main editorials and Universities.

• Holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Teaching of English from the  University Autonomous of Aguascalientes. TKT Certificates for Modules 1, 2 & 3 from Cambridge ESOL. She has been teaching English as a foreign language since 2004, at different levels. She also has worked as an ESP teacher in different companies. She  worked for 5 years at the Technological University of Aguascalientes as part of the leader team of the  Language Department.   At the moment, she is working at the CECYTE, Gto.

Vladimir Hernández Cervantez

• Vladimir holds the CPE and ICELT from the University of Cambridge. He has been an ELT professional for 12 years and has worked in private institutions and public schools at different levels: young learners, children, teenagers and adults. His main areas of interest are Second Language Acquisition, Curriculum Design and Content Language Integrated Lessons. When he has free time he enjoys hiking, watching films and spending time with his friends.

José Julio Morales Chávez

• holds a B.A. degree in Language Teaching from Universidad Autónoma Benito Juárez de Oaxaca (UABJO). Julio has been teaching English and Linguistics at UABJO for 5 years. He holds a M.A. degree on Critic Education of Languages and is doing some research for improving English oral production in the classroom. He presented at AAAL in Chicago and did some research in Germany as part of a scholarship. He’s currently writing some papers for international journals.

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LUCINDA BORREGO

• Holds a B.A. degree in Applied Linguistics; as well as the, ICELT and CAE certifications from the University of Cambridge.
• She is also a certified translator by the State Government of
  Tamaulipas since 2014.
• She has worked as an English teacher for over 10 years in
  different private and public schools and institutions such as the Center of Languages and Applied Linguistics; in addition to some universities such as La Salle Victoria and the Autonomous University of Tamaulipas.
• She has been involved in MEXTESOL in the past years and has
  participated as a speaker in some regional conventions.
• Her main areas of interests include ELT, Second Language
  Acquisition and Translation.

Victor Manuel II Arizabalo Navarro

• holds a B.A. in International Business from the Universidad Autónoma de Tamaulipas, as well as Trinity and Cambridge certifications.
• He has been an EFL teacher for 5 years in public and private schools
• He currently teaches at The American School of Tampico and the Centro de Bachillerato Tecnológico Agropecuario No. 12, where he is also the head of the Department of School and Community Relations. He grew up in Tampico, Tamaulipas, and his experience moving to Dallas, TX as a high school student led him to develop an interest in learning about new cultures. Victor has also been selected and sponsored by Mexico’s Secretary of Public Education to participate in a Teacher Training Program in Austin, Texas in a partnership with the University of Texas ESL Services. 

JUAN RAFAEL CERVANTES LÓPEZ

• Juan Rafael Cervantes is writing his Doctorate dissertation in Bilingual Education at Texas A & M, University, Kingsville. 
• He’s been an English teacher for 15 years, and an academic coordinator for 3 years.   
• He loves teaching English and linguistics with the influence of humanistic approaches. He really enjoys the experience of being part of the association. 

SAMUEL BENITEZ

• Samuel Ignacio Benitez Osuna has held teaching positions for all ages in private and public institutions as well as teacher trainer and academic coordinator positions.
• He holds a BA in ELT by Universidad Autónoma de Sinaloa, the TKT Certificates modules 1, 2 & 3 and CAE certifications from the University of Cambridge.
• He currently holds a full-time English teaching position at Escuela Normal de Sinaloa.
• He has collaborated with Universidad Autónoma de Sinaloa in course design for the BA in ELT program.
• He is a Speaking Examiner for Cambridge English Language Assessment for KET. PET and FCE.
• He is also a certified translator and interpreter by the State Government of Sinaloa.
• His main areas of interests include ELT research, Second Language
  Acquisition and Translation.
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Katrina Marie Wiant

• Katrina has dedicated the last 15 years to working in the field of education as a teacher, coordinator and director of academics for children of all ages – preschool, primary, secondary, high school, and adults. Graduate with double degrees from the University of Washington in Seattle, USA, both language learning and development, and bilingual studies have been a focal point during her career, which now greatly focuses on teacher training in bilingual processes.