Instructors

Jean Daugherty received her B.A. in History with a Minor in Spanish with an emphasis on Native and Latin American History from Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah. During that time, she also lived in the Canary Islands for over a year and was able immerse herself in the Spanish culture and language. After graduating, she spent a year as a teaching assistant in a high school ESL program, and...

Jasmine Newell received her B.A. in English at Metropolitan State University of Denver and her M.A. in English with an emphasis on Rhetoric and the Teaching of Writing from the University of Colorado at Denver. She is a Colorado native with a passion for teaching and writing. Jasmine has been teaching composition courses for four years and has been a part of the ESL Academy team for one year. She...

Veronica Jayne received a B.A. from The Evergreen State College in Washington, where she studied Bilingual Education and Teaching as well as Arab-African Postcolonial Literature. Following this, she earned an M.A. in Teaching English as a Second Language from the University of Toledo, Ohio, where she focused on ESL Composition. She also studied Spanish and Portuguese in South America, then taught English in South Korea and China during this time...