Para Educator of the Year by the National Association for Bilingual Education

Whether her students call her “schoolteacher” or “maestra de escuela,” Josie Guillen will be ready with all the answers to their questions – in either language.

Congratulations to Jose Guillen from South Mountain Community College in Phoenix, Arizona who
was recently named the Para Educator of the Year by the National Association for Bilingual Education.

In the article, Guillen states:

It was hard learning to juggle my responsibilities as a teacher, mother and student, but I was truly blessed to have such encouragement and support from my husband, family and friends,” she says.

Bilingual group honors SMCC student