Spanish with Mariella G.

Mariella Susana Gunderson I am a Spanish native speaker teacher. I hold a degree in the field of Early Childhood Education issued in my country Lima-Peru. After my graduation from The Instituto Pedagogico Nacional Monterrico, I decided to traveled to the United States and stayed since then. I worked as a pre-school and first grade teacher in a bilingual private school in Miami. I also worked as a Readiness Specialist and Quality Assurance Specialist at the Early Childhood Education (ECE) Department for a non-profit organization in Miami Lakes and West Palm Beach. After moving to Atlanta, I started working at Tabula Rasa school as a preschool and after-school teacher at the Spanish Program for 3 years. I worked for this private school with non-Spanish native speakers children of different ages exposed to a full immersion Spanish program. It was a rewarding professional and personal experience to see how my students became fluent in the target language. In 2008, I was offered a Spanish teacher position in Phoenix, Arizona by All Saint's Episcopal Church and Day School. I was responsible for the Lower School Spanish Program teaching from preschool thru 4th grade. I enjoyed this teaching experience in a Christian environment. In 2009, I returned back to Atlanta and since then, I have been working as a Spanish teacher/instructor in several day care centers as well as conducting the Spanish after school program offered at some Public schools in Fulton and Cobb counties. I am a certified teacher by the State of Georgia in the fields of Early Childhood Education and Spanish (certificate number:874349). From 2010 to June 2013, I worked for the St. Benedict's Episcopal Day School as a Spanish Lead teacher, being responsible to teach first through fifth grades. In summer of 2013, I worked as a translator of documents given by Home Depot. Some of the topics translated were related to grills, smokers and so forth. I am currently working independently as a Spanish tutor, helping elementary, middle, and high school students to improve their Spanish skills, and I also provide one-one Spanish tutoring sessions to college students and adults.