Mexico

### Mexico City Chelsea has an M.S. in Literacy & Reading from Cal State University, an M.A. in Teaching from USC; the California Bilingual, Cross-Cultural, Language and Academic Development Authorization (BCLAD); the California Gifted and Talented Education endorsement (GATE); a B.A. in English Language & Literature and a minor in Spanish. She is TEFL certified and has attended International Baccalaureate (IB) courses. She has been a teacher trainer, curriculum coordinator, reading & writing specialist, and English teacher at international, dual language schools for 16 years. She is bilingual in English and Spanish. Chelsea is passionate about training teachers how to use Jolly Phonics with effective and fun methodology. She has happily observed teachers, students, and families fall in love with this exceptional program. She creates dynamic, active, and practical professional development for staff in single or multiple-day sessions. She is based in Mexico City, but will travel throughout Mexico, Latin America, the U.S., or anywhere! Join her on the journey of phonics learning!

Mexico

### Mexico City Beth is a Psychologist and Pre –School Educator. She has been working since 2005 as a preschool teacher at a bi-cultural and inquiry-based teaching school in Mexico City. She had seen the results of Jolly Phonics in another school in Brazil before she started implementing it herself. She is amazed by the outcome in reading and writing in her students, especially by the multi-sensory methodology Jolly Phonics offers to reach different learning styles. She now works with Jolly Grammar, which is the continuation of the Phonics programme and has continued seeing the amazing results of this methodology. She is excited to share her experience and willing to travel the world to train other teachers.

Mexico

### Mexico City Pilar has been teaching kindergarten for the past 7 years at International schools in Mexico City. She has a degree in communications and another one in preschool education. She has experience in the fine and gross motor skills as well as on learning through inquiry, teaching for learning and in constructivist educational approaches. She loves Jolly Phonics because of its multisensory approach that helps include all the children with their multiple intelligences (visual, kinesthetic, auditory, etc.) and helps them succeed in their reading and writing processes. She loves teaching and find her students´ success very satisfying. She is willing to travel around Mexico to give training during school holidays and weekends.

Aguascalientes

Valeria has over 15 years teaching experience and a masters degree in education. When she first learned about jolly phonics she absolutely fell in love with it and became a fervent and enthusiastic Jolly Phonics follower and user ever since. She tried the program in difficult social contexts in public schools in Mexico and was amazed with the results. She believes that the program works wonders with all children. She has 10 years of experience designing and giving teacher training in the minister of education of the state of Aguascalientes.