Lucia Martin

Biography

Lucia was born in Madrid, Spain. She has two Bachelor’s degrees in teaching (for Kindergarten- and Elementary-aged students) along with an ESL endorsement from Alcala de Henares University in Madrid. She earned two scholarships from the Spanish Government to travel to the UK to improve her English, living in Bournemouth, London, and Liverpool. While in college, she worked for the Education Science department, creating science materials and activities for public schools of Alcala de Henares. In 2009, after graduating with her second degree, she published an article with her math professor (Anna Torres Vazquez) about the impact of math students’ journals in their self-learning process. She began working as a teacher in a school in Spain where she worked for 5 years before deciding to apply for an exchange teacher program in the United States. As a result, she is currently (2019) beginning her fifth year of teaching in the Spanish Dual Language Immersion program in Utah, which she loves and supports with all her heart. In her free time, she usually reads a book, goes for walks, or hangs out with friends. Her favorite part of being with friends is convincing them to pull out the Karaoke and sing.