Consultants of Intercultura Language School

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CONSULTANTS:

Joaquín Lizano, Intercultural Communication Trainer & Volunteer Consultant.
Joaquín Lizano is Costa Rican, and has collaborated with Intercultura since 1996. He has been a Spanish Professor and Intercultural Communications trainer, as well as the Volunteer Program Director. He is now a full-time professor at Veritas University in San José and a consultant for the Museum of Contemporary Art and Design and various US university study-abroad programs. He is fluent in Spanish, French and English, and is studying German. His undergraduate studies were in International Business, and his Master's is in Communications, with an emphasis in Intercultural Education. He currently consults for the Intercultura's Volunteer Program and offers teacher-training workshops in Intercultural Communication to our staff.

Iván Núñez Bolaños, Accounting Auditor

Iván Núñez Bolaños, Accounting Auditor.
Iván Núñez Bolaños was born and lives in Alajuela. He studied International Commerce at the University of Costa Rica, and has two post-graduate qualifications, one in Public Accounting, the other in Business Administration, both from the Autonomous University of Monterrey. In his free time Iván enjoys going to the movies, the theatre and football games. His favourite team is "La Liga" in Alajuela!.

Barbara Miller, Academic Consultant

Barbara Miller, Academic Consultant.
Barbara is originally from California, but has lived in Costa Rica since 1999, when she joined Intercultura as English Department Director. She has a double Bachelors degree in Psychology and Multicultural/Gender Studies, and two Master's, one in Educational Administration and the another in Teaching English as a Second Language. After working with Intercultura for nine years in Heredia, Barbara moved to Sámara, where she now serves as Intercultura's Academic Consultant and runs her CR TEFL Teacher Training program.

Tyrone Jackson, Systems Management Consultant.
Tyrone joined Intercultura in 2002 at the Sámara Campus, first as an ESL professor and was as Administrative Coordinator, where he worked until 2008 managing the beach campus. His undergraduate studies were in Political Science, with an emphasis on Business Communications, at the University of Central Iowa. He is fluent in English and Spanish, and is studying German. In 2008, Tyrone retired from his full time position at Intercultura, and now works as our Systems Management Consultant.

Melvin Montero, Advisor

Melvin Montero, Advisor.
Melvin worked with Intercultura from 1999 until 2003 as managing director, before going on to form his own counseling practice, while continuing to collaborate with Intercultura as an advisor in human resources and organizational psychology. A Costa Rican native, Melvin lived in the US for many years, where he directed programs in the field of social services that concentrated on education for young people and families. He has two Master's degrees, one in Educational Administration and another in Theological Studies and Counseling, and is completing his PhD in Educational Administration. His area of specialty is the design of educational programs for different population profiles. Melvin also gives lectures on International Education, Intercultural Adaptation Issues, Culture Shock, Psycho-Social Profile of the Costa Rican Family and others. He is bilingual English-Spanish and enjoys reading, education, dancing and learning about new sociocultural theories.

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