Spanish for Travelers

Ellie Galvez-Hard was born and raised in Santiago, Chile. She came to the U.S. in 1972 and lived in California, and then Germany, Colombia, and Mexico. She has also traveled to Argentina, Costa Rica, Belize, Guatemala, Ecuador, Italy, Spain, Portugal and France. As a former multicultural educator of teachers at Sonoma State University, she liked learning about other cultures and the similarities and differences that make us who we are. She is a graduate from HSU, and she is a recent retired professor of bilingual elementary teachers. She taught Multicultural Pedagogy at Sonoma State University for over 20 years. Dr. Ellie loves to share her many experiences, as well as learn from others. She is fully bilingual in Spanish and English, and her courses will facilitate conversational Spanish sprinkled with lots of culture.