About your tutor

I am a Puerto Rican who was raised near the Mexican border. I hold a BA in Spanish and Child Development. I earned my Master's in Spanish from San Diego State University and taught Spanish 101.

I completed a doctorate at the University of California, Merced, and taught upper-division Spanish classes. For the last ten years, I have been working at a private middle/high school, teaching all Spanish levels and general tutoring for students with learning differences. 

EDUCATION

  • Ph.D. with a focus on Spanish linguistics

  • M.A. with a focus on the Multicultural Luso-Hispanic World

  • M.A. with a focus on Spanish Language, Culture, Linguistics, & Literature

  • B.A. with a double major in Spanish and Child & Family Development

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

  • Educational Testing Service ETS                  

  • Advanced Placement Spanish Rater/Reader

  • Private High School Instructor                      

  • Spanish 1-5, Honors and AP 

  • Spanish Tutor & Mentor                               

  • Beginning Spanish to Advanced Placement 

UNIVERSITY TEACHING EXPERIENCE 

  • Linguistics, Language and Power

  • Spanish 101                              

  • Spanish Linguistics

  • Spanish Composition & Conversation

  • Spanish in the U.S.                                          

  • Sociolinguistics & Latino Health

  • Chicano/a/x Studies                                       

  • Spanish Undergraduate Capstone

  • Bilingual & Bicultural Teacher Preparation

LANGUAGE TRAINING

  • AP Spanish Language & Culture Exam Professional Development (100 Hours)

  • TEFL/TESOL Teaching English as a Foreign Language Certificate
    Certificate in English/Spanish Translation & Interpretation Studies 

  • International Language Study: Instituto de Cultura y Lengua Costarricense, Alajuela, Costa Rica, and Universidad de Antonio de Nebrija, Madrid, Spain

Lorraine Ramos, Ph.D.