Dates attended

School Attended

Degree

Major

2009 -

University of Nebraska

PhD

History

2000-2002

Wayne State College

MSE

Education

1999-2000

Wayne State College

BA

Education

2004

Cultural Institute of Costa Rica

AAS

Spanish Culture

1972-1974

University of Missouri

BS

Business Management

1966-1968

Western Iowa Tech

AAS

Mechanical Engineering

¿ Por qué español del estudio ?

Spanish is the official first language of more countries than any other language after Mandarin Chinese and English.  Spain, Mexico and all the countries of Central America, most countries in South America, and several Caribbean Islands, all use Spanish as their official language.    It is also spoken in Equatorial Guinea in West Africa, as well as, Northern Morocco.  The descendants of Latin Americans make up over 11% of the population of the United States and gives the United States the third largest Spanish speaking population in the Western Hemisphere.

...at the end of the 19th century, 60 million people spoke Spanish; today nearly 500 million people world wide speak Spanish.

...Spanish is the mother tongue of approximately 350 million people:

1. Mexico         98 million

2. Spain            39 million

3. USA              39 million

...Spanish is the second most used language in international communication, and an official language of the UN and its organizations