Spanish/Bilingual Multicultural Education Concentration

A passion for both learning and teaching

Gloria Giraldo has taught English and Spanish to adults and children in a wide range of contexts. She is intellectually curious and interested in learning new things, a passion she shares with her students.

From Mason MA program to full funding in a top PhD program in Hispanic Linguistics

In addition to program coursework in the Department of Modern and Classical Languages, the Linguistics Program and the College of Education and Human Development, Wade also took advantage of the Consortium of Universities of the Washington Metropolitan Area to enroll in courses at Georgetown University at no extra cost. He also taught Spanish as a GTA, gaining valuable experience that surely helped him to win a graduate teaching assistantship from the University of Arizona to pursue a PhD in Hispanic Linguistics.

First generation college student achieves academic excellence in accelerated MA program

Originally from Bolivia, Jhoselin's stellar performance in her undergraduate Spanish courses made her an ideal candidate for the Bachelor-Accelerated Master’s degree in Foreign Languages, where she continued to excel. She was awarded a Graduate Teaching Assistantship, which financed her studies and provided valuable teaching experience.

Somali-Italian educator and researcher, now a Ph.D. candidate with a prestigious fellowship at Georgetown University

Rahma Maccarone earned a BA and an MA (Spanish and Bilingual/Multicultural Education) at George Mason University, where she discovered a passion for teaching. She is currently pursuing a Ph.D. in Cultural Studies in the Department of Spanish and Portuguese at Georgetown University, where she was awarded a prestigious Patrick Healy Graduate Fellowship.