Ernestina Franco is a Spanish instructor with over 10 years of teaching experience at the university level. She holds an MA in Spanish from Loyola University Chicago and a BA in Spanish with a minor in Latin American Studies from Loyola University Chicago. She has taught Spanish courses ranging from beginning to advanced levels at multiple institutions, including Loyola University Chicago, Northwestern University, City Colleges of Chicago, and Elmhurst College. Franco also has experience assisting with a study abroad program in Spain and has attended lectures on Latin American and Spanish literature.

1. Curriculum Vitae
ERNESTINA FRANCO
4114 S. Montgomery Ave
Chicago, IL 60632
77-983-8105
vamonos1969@gmail.com
efranco@luc.edu
ernestina.franco@elmhurst.edu
EDUCATION
M. A. Loyola University Chicago, Spanish, Dec, 2011.
Universitat de les Illes Balear, Palma de Mallorca, Spain (May-June 2011).
Spanish Summer Course (Politics and Culture)
B. A. Loyola University Chicago, Spanish, minor in Latin American Studies, December 2009.
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Spanish Instructor.
Modern Languages and Literatures Department. Loyola University Chicago, 2010-2012
2014
2017
Courses taught:
Fall 2010- Spanish 101
Spring 2011- Spanish 102
Fall 2011- Spanish 103
Spring 2012- Spanish 104
Fall 2012 Spanish 104
Fall 2014 Spanish 102
 Prepared syllabus and quizzes
 Posted lectures and assignments on Blackboard
 Entered final grades on Locus/PeopleSoft
Fall 2016 Spanish 102
Spring 2017 Spanish 101 and Spanish 102
Spanish Instructor.
Northwestern University, Chicago, IL
Fall 2011- Beginning and Intermediate Spanish for lawyers (Non-credit class)
Spring 2012- Beginning and Intermediate Spanish for lawyers (Non-credit class)

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Spanish Instructor.
City Colleges of Chicago, Spring 2012 to 2014
Courses taught:
Spring 2012- Spanish 101
Fall 2012- Spanish 101/ Spanish 102
Spring 2013- Spanish 101 (three courses)
Fall 2013 Spanish 101 (three courses)
Spring 2013 Spanish 101 and Spanish 102
Fall 2014 Spanish 101
Spanish Instructor.
Elmhurst College, Elmhurst Il 60126, Spring 2012 -2014/ 2016-present
Courses taught:
Spring 2012- Spanish 202 Intermediate Spanish (II) with emphasis in Hispanic culture
Fall 2012- Spanish 301 Advanced grammar and Composition / Spanish 101
Spring 2013- Spanish 102 Elementary Spanish II
Fall 2013 Spanish 301 Advanced grammar and Composition
Spanish 101 Elementary Spanish
Study abroad Program in Spain. Camino de Santiago
Spring 2016 Spanish 202 Intermediate Spanish with emphasis in Hispanic culture
Fall 2016 Spanish 301 Advanced grammar and Composition
Spanish 201 Intermediate Spanish with emphasis in Hispanic culture
Spring 2017 Spanish 202 Intermediate Spanish with emphasis in Hispanic culture
Teacher Assistant.
Modern Languages and Literatures Department. Loyola University Chicago.
Spring 2011- Assistant to Dr. Hector Garcia for Span 352 (Master Pieces of Latin America).
Director's Assistant.
Universitat de les Illes Balear in Palma de Mallorca, Spain (May- June 2011).
Assisted program director with classroom management and extra curriculum activities.
Spanish Instructor/Alliance for Lifelong Learning.
Oakton Community College, Skokie, Il, Jan 12, 2005 to May 05, 2006
 Taught Spanish to kindergartners to fifth graders
 Presented subject matter, utilizing a variety of methods and techniques, such as lecture,
discussion and supervised role- playing.
 Prepared, administered and graded examinations.
 Assisted students, individually and in groups, with lesson assignments to present and reinforce
learning concepts.
 Conferred with parents on progress of students.

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LECTURES ATTENDED
"Visiones de estética y poesía". (On Mexican poetry of the 20th Century: Xavier Villaurrutia, Jorge
Cuesta, Octavio Paz, Luis Cernuda, José Emilio Pacheco), in collaboration with Dr. Javier Villaseñor,
(Ph. D. University of Seville), and the Mexican Consulate in Chicago. Loyola University, Chicago.
November 11, 2010.
"Ignacio Solares y la novela histórica". Presentation and discussion, in collaboration with the
Department of Modern Languages at Loyola University, and the Mexican Consulate Chicago.
November 5th, 2009.
Lunch with Mario Santana, Professor and Associate Dean of the Division of the Humanities, University
of Chicago, Barcelona, June 2011 to discuss Mercè Rodoreda's works, with an emphasis on Aloma and
La plaça del diamant.
LANGUAGES
Spanish (native); English (fluent); Portuguese (proficient); and Italian (reading)
REFERENCES
Wiley Feinstein, Associate Professor Department of Modern Languages and literatures,
Loyola University Chicago
Hector Garcia, Associate Professor, Department of Modern Languages and Literatures, Loyola
University Chicago
Olympia Gonzalez, Associate Professor, Department of Modern Languages and Literatures, Loyola
University Chicago
Luis Delgado, Co-Chair, Spanish Instructor, Department of Modern Languages, City Colleges of
Chicago