VenTESOL Executive Board of Directors and State Representatives 2017-2019

Miguel Alejandro Perez Ramos. She is an experienced K-12 and adult teacher who holds a B.A. in Education, English Major from University of Carabobo. He founded and heads MFL Academy in San Felipe, Yaracuy State. His main areas of interest are Learning Technologies in ELT and Professional Learning Communities. He has been an active VenTESOLer since 2010, serving as Yaracuy State Representative. He has also been VenTESOL Communications Coordinator since 2013 consolidating VenTESOL’s web presence and social media platforms. He has been a speaker and organizer in regional, national and international conventions for English language teachers.

Jose de Jesus Franco Briceño. He is a full-time Assistant Professor and Coordinator of the English Language Area at Universidad de Los Andes NURR in Trujillo state. He is currently finishing a MD in EFLT. His areas of research are ESP, CALL, Corpus Linguistics and Lexicon. During his career he has participated at national and international academic events.

Julio César Palma Marval. Julio Palma holds a Bachelor s Degree in Education with a Major in Modern Languages from the University of Zulia where he also completed a Master's Degree in Linguistics and Language Teaching. He has been an active speaker at VenTESOL and has published peer-reviewed articles on linguistics. He has participated in 2 online courses from the University of Oregon, sponsored by the U.S. Embassy.

Freddy Alberto Vanegas Toro. He holds a degree in Education in FL and a Master Degree in Management of Education. Spanish TA at “College Descartes”. His major research field focuses on applications of technology in the EFL classroom. He has been a speaker and organizer in national and international conventions. Certified researcher at PEII-ONCTI.

Jesús Miguel Sosa Caraballo. He is an EFL instructor at ULA Mérida who specializes on the reading and writing skills. He is the Coordinador de Extensión y Producción at the School of Modern Languages, research member at the Centro de Investigaciones en Lenguas Extranjeras ULA, member of the Grupo de Investigación y Escritura en Idiomas Modernos ULA, and moderator at the Centro de Innovación y Emprendimiento para el uso de las Tecnologías en Educación ULA. He is also part of the Teaching/Learning Foreign Languages Master s Program from ULA and his research line focuses in the use of ICT for EFL teaching/learning.

Jesús Ernesto Lisboa Moreno. Ernesto Lisboa holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Education with a major in Modern Languages from Universidad de Carabobo and an MSc in International Management from University of Strathclyde, Scotland. He currently teaches English at UPEL- Maracay, business English in companies, Spanish and French online and he is also a freelance translator. His major field of research is integrating ICT in foreign language teaching. He is the current VenTESOL 1st vice-president. He’s held different positions in VenTESOL. Regional representative (2009), 3rd vice-president (2011-2013), 2nd vice-president (2013-2015), 1st vice-president (2015 -2017).