Mariela Garcia
Spanish Teacher
Get to Know Mrs. Garcia
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| Her favorite book of the Bible | Mariela loves reading the whole Bible, but Esther is one of her favourite books. God´s name is never even pronounced, but He is in every moment in Esther´s life but also in His people, Israel. Nothing goes out of God´s control and we can see His power, wisdom, care and perfect will accomplished in every character, even if they wanted it or not. Mordecai´s words, “And who knows but that you have come to your royal position for such a time as this?” are so encouraging, remembering that we have to value and use the place God has placed us in to do what is right. But Esther´s words “And if I perish, I perish” are Mariela´s favourites. What an example of living sacrifice! |
| Education & Certification | Mariela has a Bachelor’s degree in Science and Arts oriented in programming in Guatemala and a TKT (Teaching Knowledge Test) Certificate in Mexico. She has also studied different diplomats: Word of Life Bible Institute in Argentina, where she lived for almost three years; “Math Their Way”; “Learning thru training fields”; “Biblical Counseling”; and “TPRS 01 Training” in Mexico. |
| Experience | Mariela has 13 years of experience teaching English as a Second Language (ESL) in kindergarten, elementary and middle school. She also has more than 20 years teaching the Bible in Sunday School. |
| What Her Classroom is Like | Miss Mariela is a very dynamic teacher who loves hands-on activities, online learning games, using research innovative tools, and having fun in class, while learning and assessing positively to encourage students to enjoy speaking other languages. |
| When Shee’s not Teaching or Working… | Mariela enjoys spending time at home with her family, her husband Geronimo, her two kids, Jonathan and Bryana, and her three Jack Russells, Jack, Rose and Tommy. She loves cooking, baking and reading a good book with a hot cup of coffee. She likes swimming as a sport, pretty much because she is afraid of balls 😜 and she loves going to the park to walk and have picnics. She loves spending vacations at the beach because watching the ocean is one of her favorites ways to worship the Lord seeing such an amazing creation! |
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