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Miriam Palacio is CHICLE’s Program Director. She is the person you
are most likely to communicate with in the office. Miriam is married to Enrique
Palacio and ran a Mexican handicrafts import business for 18 years. She loves Mexican
arts and crafts. She has an MA in English, has taught ESL in New York, Chicago, Mobile,
and Mexico City. She volunteers at the animal shelter and for hospice.
Jane Stein is CHICLE’s Business Director and computer guru. She has
a doctorate in Public Health from UNC where she has taught research methods and seminars
in international health. Jane has worked as a research consultant in Africa, Asia,
Mexico, and Central America. She is on the board of Orange Networking and
Piedmont Health Services.
Sharon Mújica is Outreach Director of Latin American Studies at UNC-CH
and grew up in Chapel Hill. She lived in Mexico for 20 years where she taught English
and translated for the Office of the President. Sharon also has a passion for Mexican
art and Latin American literature and cinema. She organizes a Latin American film
festival each November at local universities.
Perla Saitz is CHICLE’s Program Coordinator. Perla is from Mexico
City where she taught both English and Spanish. She has taught at CHICLE since
we opened in 1999 and, with Craig Snyder, developed our new curriculum. She hires
and coordinates our teachers, which is, as they say, a little like herding
cats. Perla also translates, manages translations, and develops our intensive and
profession-specific materials. She is also a perfectionist.
Pilar Lotero Peters comes from Bogotá, Colombia where she worked
for Berlitz teaching Spanish and English for 14 years. She is CHICLE’s most
experienced teacher and a strict taskmaster whose students always request that she
continue to be their teacher. Pilar has worked at CHICLE since 2000. Pilar is our
resident artist and her art is on display in our offices.
Alejandra Russell is also from Mexico City and has lived in Chapel Hill
for many years. She has worked at CHICLE since 2000. Alejandra organizes and teaches
our children’s
classes, summer camps, teaches adults, translates, and helps in the office. Thanks
to Alejandra, we have an outstanding children's Spanish program which is now expanding
into other language classes for children. She is endlessly creative in developing
learning materials for children of all ages.
Bernard Luscans teaches and coordinates our French classes. He is a native
of Toulouse. Bernard is a doctoral student in UNC’s Romance Languages department,
focusing on 21st century French novels. He has coordinated our French program since
its inception and developed courses in history, film, and current events. He has
a group of very loyal students.
Grazia Sala teaches our Italian language and cooking classes. She is originally
from Milan and has been with us since 2003. She much prefers cold weather to our
climate.
Marcela Waters is our indispensable office worker/teacher/interpreter. If
you come to the office in the evening, you will most likely see her. She is from
Cali, Colombia, has a degree in biology, and previously taught high school.
We have about fifteen to twenty additional teachers at any given time. All of our
teachers have teaching experience and are trained to use our materials. Most of our
teachers are native speakers. Those who are not have lived in a
country where the language they teach is spoken and are completely bilingual.
About CHICLE
Directions to CHICLE
How we teach
Meet some of our students and teachers
Please call us at (919) 933-0398 or e-mail
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