Giselle Alcantar Soto

Upon graduating, Giselle Alcantar Soto, '15, B.A., French and Spanish, was accepted as a teaching assistant for the Teaching Assistant Program in France. She taught English as a second language for one school year in Arcachon, France. While there, she was able to put her language skills to use traveling all over Europe. After this experience, she returned to obtain her Master in Teaching to become a Spanish, French and English-language learner teacher at the secondary level. As a student, she has been teaching Spanish courses designed for Heritage Spanish speakers, Spanish 2 and Spanish 3. As a graduate assistant for the Justice Speaks Series, she’s brought scholar activists to campus to speak on topics that promote social justice. She will be graduating in March with her Master in Teaching and three endorsements and hopes to begin teaching her own classes as soon as an opportunity arises.