Teachers: ILISA

Browse through the following pages for pictures and biographies of the people who keep ILISA electric!

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Esteban López has been a professor at ILISA since June of 1998. He has studied Spanish grammar and literature. Esteban likes teaching at ILISA because it exposes him to cultures from all over the world.

Tatiana Ryliouk began working at ILISA 8 years ago. She was born in the Ukraine and is the only exception to the "native speakers only" rule. With a degree from the University of Odessa in Spanish Linguistics and over 18 years of living in Latin America, you would never know, that Tatiana didn't grow up in Costa Rica.

Maribel Mora started working at ILISA as a professor in June of 1997. She has a degree in Spanish and likes music, art, sports and spending time with her family.

Halder Paniagua, who has been with ILISA since 1995, is perhaps the most soft spoken of ILISA's teachers, but also one of the most organized and concerned about his students' well-being. His educational background is in Accounting, Computer Science and Spanish grammar.

Alicia Figueras, originally from Cuba, has taught at ILISA since March of 1998. Her educational background is in Education. She really enjoys teaching Spanish to foreigners because it gives her the opportunity to put them in contact with the correct usage of the language as well as with Latin American culture, literature, customs and lifestyle.

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