Summer Faculty

With a goal to provide the most exceptional faculty we can find, this year's lineup will be sure to please. All of our faculty are excellent, seasoned teachers. Three faculty are full-time professors in the UW-System, and three have Masters Degrees and work full-time as Spanish teachers in high schools. These exceptional faculty will take you on a week-long journey through the Spanish language and culture. Be part of this amazing program!

Cristina Ortiz - Curricular Director

Cristina Ortiz, Associate Professor,Coordinator Spanish Program, Curricular Director and lead teacher for this Spanish Immersion program, was born in San Sebastian (Spain) where she completed her undergraduate studies in Philosophy and Education. She came to the United States in 1987 to further her education. She has a Master Degree and a PhD in Spanish and Latin American Literatures from the University of Cincinnati. Prof. Ortiz’ research is focused on women's literature, concepts of nation and nationalism, and Spanish and Latin American Cinema. She has been teaching at UW-Green Bay since 1993. She is very involved in international education and has taken students to places like Mexico, Spain and Australia.

Amélia Canilho

Amélia Canilho is originally from Portugal and teaches in the Spanish program at Sturgeon Bay High School in Door County and for the UW-Green Bay-Outreach Extension Department. She has 23 years of teaching experience at the university, and secondary levels. She holds a Bachelor's Degree in European History and a Masters in Art History and Archaeology. She lives in Door County with her husband and two sons.

Karla Weibel

Karla Weibel currently works as a high school ELL Language Arts teacher for the Green Bay Area Public Schools. She has been in the Green Bay district for the past 5 years. Before that, Karla taught 6 years of high school Spanish in Lodi, Wisconsin. Karla has been learning and speaking Spanish for the past 21 years. She earned her bilingual teaching certification from UW-Oshkosh in May 2005 and received her Masters from UW-Whitewater in Curriculum and Instruction in December of 2006. While an undergraduate student at UW-Eau Claire, Karla had the opportunity to study for a year at the Universidad de Oviedo in Oviedo, Spain. Karla has also worked as a co-director for high school summer missionary tours to Costa Rica and Peru.