Dr. Santos (Sandy) Gutierrez – Bio

Sandy Gutiérrez is a 4th generation Texan. She grew up in Houston and received her BA and MEd at the University of Houston. She started teaching at 21 and never stopped. She has been a teacher for 40 years at all levels from third grade through college. She taught the AP Spanish language course for 20 years and the AP Spanish literature course for 14 years, 10 of those years via television (distance learning) to students throughout Fairfax County, Virginia. She received her Ph.D. in 2008 from the University of Texas at San Antonio. She taught courses in teaching methodology, literacy, oral language development and linguistics with UTSA. Sandy has also supervised student teachers for the University of Texas Department of Education. Sandy is also an AP® consultant leads one-day workshops for the College Board® and has conducted summer institutes in both Spanish language and culture and Spanish literature and culture. She was an AP® Spanish Reader for over ten years and reviews/scores syllabi for both the AP Spanish Language and Culture Course and the Spanish Literature and Culture Course. Dr. Gutierrez is currently an adjunct for TAMUSA and teaches courses for the Department of Education and Human Development.