Carlos R Cruz

Before moving from Puerto Rico to the state of Massachusetts, Carlos Cruz worked for the government of Puerto Rico as an economist in the Planning Board Department. He received a Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration with a concentration in Managerial Economics. When he moved to Massachusetts, Cruz worked in the field of finance and accounting in different financial institutions, which he combined with the teaching of the Spanish language from 1997 to 2008. Since 2009, he has only been teaching Spanish as my main work.

He earned my Master’s degree at the University of Salamanca in Spain, with a specialization in Spanish Language and Culture. He defended his dissertation on the use of the Spanish Language by non-native speakers in the United States, based on research that he did interviewing several people with different professions and different languages ​​who studied Spanish as a requirement for their jobs.

One of his passions is to travel around the world to meet many cultures, traditions and people. He has been to 29 countries to date. Another one of his passions is the teaching of Spanish. He has taught all levels, from beginners to the most advanced, as well as taught culture and literature at the academic level.