Staff Bios
Carla Botella, Resident Director, received her Master’s degree in Translation and Interpreting from the Universidad de Alicante. Originally from Alicante, her professional and academic experience involves interpreting, teaching, researching, and translating. She has both studied and worked in other European universities in the UK and in The Netherlands. She is pursuing a Ph.D. and is currently writing her thesis on Translation and Cinema (A.B.D.). Carla speaks several languages and has published articles on languages and translation.
Francisco Díez, Center Director, earned his M.A. in Applied Linguistics and Spanish Language Teaching from Michigan State University and is currently working on his Ph.D. in Sociolinguistics. Originally from Alicante, he studied at Sheffield Hallam University and Michigan State University, where he taught Spanish for two years. Francisco joined CIEE in 2000 as Resident Coordinator at the CIEE Study Center in Alicante, where he helped develop, produce, and run the socio-cultural and intercambios programs, and the Spanish language placement test. Since January 2006, Francisco has served as Center Director and is also the Resident Director of the Liberal Arts program. He speaks Spanish, English, and Catalan.
CIEE students in Alicante are also assisted by Jennifer Holleyman, Student Services Director; Manuel Sánchez, Administrative Coordinator; Beatriz Ortín Pérez, Student Activities Assistant; and Felipe Molina, Technical and Administrative Coordinator.