Mayra Lopez

Master s in Distance Education

Tel 786-***-**** acoxho@r.postjobfree.com

PROFILE

An experienced professional specializing in the areas of project and budget management and

logistics, international corporate training and development plan manager, translation and

interpreting of English and Spanish, instructor and train the trainer facilitator, curriculum design

and development of courses for the workplace, identification of training needs, use of Learning

Management Systems

PERSONAL SKILLS

Hard working • professional • enthusiastic • organized • attention to detail • service-oriented •

loyal • quick learner • reliable and dependable • thrive on change and challenge •team player

•good listener • highly flexible and culturally sensitive

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY

Northwestern University, Chicago

Program Officer Jun. 2012 – Dec.

2014

Sexual Politics and HIV/AIDS in Contemporary Cuba

• Served as

program manager in Cuba for Northwestern University

• Organized work,

defined and led work strategies for Cuban team of research assistants

• Identified sources

of information among HIV sufferers, medical and administrative staff related to HIV programs in

Cuba

• Attended various

meetings and events of the United Nations program in Cuba (UNAIDS)

• Interviewed

subjects for the research program

• Transcribed and

translated interviews for the use of students and researchers

• Processed data

collected

• Planned logistics

for the visit of US professors and researchers of Northwestern to Cuba

• Managed

resources and funds

• Interpreted

meetings and lectures for US members of the research team during their visits to Cuba

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University of Applied Science and Technology, Cuba

Professor and curricula designer

Sept. 2009 – Nov 2012

• Taught courses of

English for Specific Purposes in the fields of Meteorology, Radio Chemistry, Physics and

Nuclear Physics.

• Designed

instructional model using distance education and information technologies to teach English for

specific purposes of above mentioned courses

Petroleum Polytechnic Center

Corporate training and development plan specialist

Feb1997- July 2009

• Coordinated

International Certification programs with institutions from countries such as Canada, Scotland,

Mexico

• Worked with HR

specialists to identify training needs of the industry and design courses for the workplaces of

the oil and gas industry

• Organized

logistics for business visitors and instructors from other countries to Cuba

• Served as Head of

Language Department and supervised the work of six professors

• Translated course

materials, documents, business contracts, technical standards, database of the oil and gas

industry

• Interpreted at

international events, business meetings, courses, negotiations of the oil and gas industry

• Designed English

courses for Specific Purposes of various activities of the oil and gas industry

• Taught English

courses for General and Specific Purposes of various activities of the oil and gas industry

• Taught Spanish as

a Foreign Language for African and Asian students

• Served as

methodological Advisor for associate and adjunct professors

• Coordinated the

train the trainer courses for adjunct instructors of the oil industry

Primary School Teacher s Training Center

Train the trainer instructor and curriculum development

Feb1997- July 2009

• Train the trainer instructor for primary school teachers of English

• Curriculum designer for primary school teachers of English

EDUCATION

University of Havana, Faculty of Distant Education

Master in Distant Education

University of Calgary, Alberta, Canada

Teaching Methodologies in Adult Distant Education

Northern Alberta Institute of Technology (NAIT), Alberta, Canada

Becoming a Master Instructor Facilitator

Southern Alberta Institute of Technology (SAIT), Calgary, Alberta, Canada

Curricula Design

Canadian Petroleum Institute (CPI), Canada

Training for interpreters of the oil and gas industry

Cambridge University at International School of Havana

Certificate of Proficiency in English

Certificate in Advanced English

First Certificate in English

Petroleum Corporate University, Venezuela

Training Course for Adult Education Facilitators

Faculty of Germanic Languages, Higher Pedagogical Institute of Foreign

Languages, Cuba

Bachelor of Education, Translation and Interpreting of English Language

OTHER EXPERIENCE

• Taught English for

primary school teachers of English, high school and Adult language Schools

• Interpreted at

congress in international conference centers

• Interpreted during

training experiences of Cuban oil and gas industry managers in countries such as Norway,

Mexico, China, and Canada

• Translated poetry

and essays for literary magazines

VOLUNTEER WORK

• Served as free-lance translator and interpreter for independent community projects in Cuba, art

projects, documentaries by independent filmmakers, website of the International Foundation of

the New Latin American Cinema.

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