She is a graduate of Instituto Pedagógico Nacional de Monterrico and Michigan State University in the area of Language Teaching where she obtained her bachelor and master degrees. She has been an ESL teacher, coordinator, consultant and evaluator in Peru and in the United States in grades K-12, language institutes and ELT publishers for many years. In an effort to continue learning about how all children learn best, she has recently also obtained a second master’s degree in Psychology with an emphasis on Learning Differences.