Jaime Hunter
Co-Founder & Executive Director
Co-Founder & Executive Director
Jaime L. Hunter, M.S. Ed. Is an ESL teacher with 20 years of experience working with students ranging from preschool to adult, from the university level to the Montessori school system, and from preliterate students to advanced level learners. She received her master’s in TESOL and Educational Linguistics from UPENN and holds dual undergraduate degrees in English and Spanish from Temple University. She studied abroad with Semester at Sea and at the Universidad de Oviedo in Spain. Formally Director of Operations at the Barrio Planta Project in San Juan del Sur, Nicaragua, Jaime has instructed at the Polytechnic University in Rivas, Nicaragua, the Biblioteca Movil, the Casa de la Mujer in San Juan del Sur and currently Keiser University in San Marcos, Nicaragua as a teacher trainer. She is fluent in Spanish and English. Jaime is also a mother of two daughters.
Co-Founder & President
Carrie Valladares, Board President, is a Senior Attorney at Microsoft Corporation, where she practices intellectual property and contract law. She is a graduate of Georgetown University Law Center, and the former President of Northwest Immigrant Rights Foundation. She has lived, worked and studied in France, UK, Israel and El Salvador, and is fluent in French, Spanish and English. She is the mother of three boys, and step-mother of two grown step-daughters and a grown step-son.Carrie Valladares, Board President, is a Senior Attorney at Microsoft Corporation, where she practices intellectual property and contract law. She is a graduate of Georgetown University Law Center, and the former President of Northwest Immigrant Rights Foundation. She has lived, worked and studied in France, UK, Israel and El Salvador, and is fluent in French, Spanish and English. She is the mother of three boys, and step-mother of two grown step-daughters and a grown step-son.
Director of Operations
Monica Jaens has taught ESL (English as a second language) for over 14 years in Managua and San Juan del Sur. A graduate of UCA University in Managua with a degree in Teaching English as a Second Language. She joined Escuela Adelante team in 2016 and has worked in different areas and with different age groups. She loves languages, working with kids, and learning from them.
Director of Academics
Growing Adelante Program Director
Neysi Rodríguez is originally from Matagalpa, in the north of Nicaragua. She holds a degree in Agricultural Engineering from university in Costa Rica, and has broad experience growing sustainable garden projects for large scale projects throughout Nicaragua. She has expertise in ornamentals, food production, and animal husbandry. She is excited to bring her gifts to Escuela Adelante and share them with our community. Neysi has a 9 year old son called Juan Diego, and enjoys reading and binging TV series in her free time,
School Administrator
Pending.