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Church youth leader (1981-1986), school teacher and curriculum coordinator (1984-86, 1988-1992), college professor (1989-2001), Latino initiatives and community specialist with City of Raleigh (2002-present), community college history and language instructor (2004-present), and Hispanic church ministry outreach in Virginia (2001-2003), North Carolina (2003-present), currently with Latino ministry at Grace Church in Chapel Hill and Durham, NC. Board member of the North Carolina Society of Hispanic Professionals. Married to Dr. Nora A. Herrera, with two outstanding children, believers, students, and leaders: Quauhtli Yabanex, and Patricia Atabey. Share home with our dog, Sasha.I have one sibling: Emanuel Olivieri-Robert My hobbies are: singing, traveling, gardening, bicycling, watching romantic, dramatic, and comedy movies, cooking, sharing a nice conversation, and planning events. I have lived in
Recent Awards
* La Conexión 2007 Impulso a la Comunidad Award on Volunteerism (Dec. 2007)
* DTCC 2008- 2009 Adjunct Excellence in Teaching Award (April 2009)
Education:
Graduate Studies: Adult Education (NCSU- in progress)
M.A. Spanish Language and Culture,
Graduate Studies: Social & Architectural History (U-Puerto Rico,1995-99)
M.A. Humanities-US Modern History and Art History (FSU,Tallahassee-1988)
Graduate Studies:
B.A. Humanities, History, Secondary Education & Social Science (U-Puerto Rico , 1984)
High School Diploma (University of Puerto Rico High School , 1980)
Basic Mediation Training (2003)
Certified ESL Tutor: Literacy Council of Wake County (2002)
Courses of Expertise:
Western Civilization; Spanish Language & Culture; Art History & Appreciation; US, Latin American,
My Topics of Expertise:
Latino presence in the USA; Value of Arts and Sports in Education; Church and Social Change; US-Caribbean Relations (19th-20th centuries); Film, Music and History; Art, Architecture and Society; Community Service and Volunteerism; PR Political movements; Topic of current research are: Second Language Acquisition and Adult Education.
Publications:
'Simón Bolívar: Bicentenario; El Nuevo Día, Julio de 1983.
'Crecimiento y Desarrollo Niñez', El Nuevo Día, Mayo de 1991
'Culto olímpico, culto al físico',Rev. Carolina, 1996 (UPR-Carolina).
'Arte y posmodernidad en John Cage',Rev. Carolina, 1997. (UPR-Carolina).
'Jesús T. Piñero-Jiménez',Rev. Universidad de América, 1997.
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'El colonato de caña en la historiografía puertorriqueña contemporánea'; Milenio, 2001 (UPRB)
'Organización Comunitaria' (CN, Summer 2004) (Community Organizing)
'Youth and Volunteerism' (CN, Summer 2005) (Juventud y Voluntariado)
BBC Language ‘Spanish-Steps’ review (Hispania, vol. 90 Num. 2, May 2007, p.302-303)
