Karen V.

I was born in El Salvador, raised in La Paz, Mexico, and completed high school, college and graduate school in Los Angeles. Spanish is my first language, and teaching it has been my life’s work for more than 30 years. I hold a Master of Education (M.Ed.) and an M.S. in Management and Human Resources, and I completed doctoral coursework in organizational change at USC. My career has taken me from the elementary classroom to serving as a K-8 principal in Los Angeles. From there I became Spanish De…