2 - IREX

Libertador Gral. San Martin, Argentina (Population: 60,000)
U.S. Host University: University of North Dakota
Alicia Palavecino de Serrano has been teaching at a public secondary school for the past ten
years. The age of her students range form 14-30 years old, and on average there are 40 students
in her class. Alicia is an active coordinator of foreign languages. She also provides trainings for
the students in the last year at the Teacher Training School. Alicia received a degree of Professor
of English from the Superior Institute of Teachers in 2004. She is studying literature at N.
University of Litoral. Alicia is married with two young daughters and a son. Her primary
objective for participating in TEA is to explore new methodologies for engaging students in a
more active classroom setting.
Anahi F. Segura, English Teacher
Instituto Paula Albarracin de Sarmiento
Villa Allende, Argentina (Population: 25,000)
U.S. Host University: University of North Dakota
Anahi Segura has been an English teacher for more than 18 years. Her students range in age from
12 to 16, and her classes typically have about 38 students. She is also the Treasurer Officer of the
administrative committee that runs one of the schools where she works. She got her degree as a
teacher in 1987 at the Escuela Superior de Lenguas, Universidad Nacional de Cloa, and she is
presently attending some seminars as an external student of the ―Maestria en Linguistica‖ given
by Facultad de Lenguas, Universidad Nacional de Cloa. Anahi is married and has two daughters
and a son. She is very keen on reading, watching films, and also playing volleyball. Her main
goals for participating in this program are to receive the best and newest training with the newest
methodologies as well as to exchange experiences with teacher of English all over the world.
Andrea Zuccaro, English Teacher
Schiller Institute / Newman College
Buenos Aires, Argentina (Population: approx. 2,965,000)
U.S. Host University: George Mason University
Andrea Zuccaro has been an EFL/ESL teacher in private schools for 18 years. The age of her
students range from 11 to 16 years old. She graduated from Consudec Teacher Training College
in 1992 and she also holds a degree in educational management from Caece University. Her
professional interests are teacher professional development, content-based teaching and
assessment. She is single and her hobbies are swimming and music. During the TEA program,
she hopes to improve her teaching and share experiences with other teachers.
Armenia
Anahit Emmily Gevorgyan, Social Studies Teacher (History)
Kajaran Secondary School #1