Raised in El Salvador, the daughter of a Salvadoran father and an American mother, Linda had the opportunity to live within a Hispanic community and its culture. She obtained a bachelor’s degree in Sociology from the University of El Salvador and later dedicated herself to teaching English at the same university, at the Centro El Salvador Estados Unidos. Later she devoted herself full time to teaching contemporary history at the Cuscatleca British Academy. She moved to the United States in 2004 to continue her teaching career after completing a master’s degree in Education with an emphasis in curriculum development and instruction. Since then,

Linda has worked as a teacher in a private and a public school until she retired in 2018. For six years, she participated in a group of teachers organized by the Prince William County Department of Education in Virginia, to create a curriculum of Spanish for Spanish speakers; the goal was to create a curriculum that would be attractive to students who already spoke Spanish but did not know how to write it, or students who needed more advanced skills such as reading literature and writing essays.

Outside of school teaching Linda organized evening English classes at Good Shepherd Church; this program is still open. For several years she was secretary of the Board of Directors of the Sherbrooke Circle condominium. Linda currently owns a family child care program and is excited to be serving on the LCAM Board of Directors.