Our Director : Karla Ramos Rivas

Karla has been involved in applied linguistics and evolutionary psycholinguistics because of her interest in the language acquisition process and in language study itself. In 2006, she graduated with honors with a degree in Spanish Philology from the University of Costa Rica. Currently, she is preparing her master’s thesis in linguistics at the same university. She has worked with domestic and international companies dedicated to language instruction. Karla has taught in Costa Rica and France, where she gained experience working with children and adults.

Her drive to learn and to be on the cutting edge in her field has led Karla to do research on relevant educational issues such as Down Syndrome and language acquisition, the differences between monolingual and multilingual individuals, and teaching and learning methods for children, among others. As a result, since 2007 Karla has participated in several national and international congresses presenting her unique and innovative methodology for teaching language to children with Down Syndrome.

At Global Kids, Karla serves as director of the center and is responsible for the administration, operations and research. She teaches French, Spanish and English.

Our Administrative Assistant: Lucía Vega Lizano

Lucia has a smile and a pleasant personality, suiting her perfectly as the clients’ first contact with our company. Her love of her work and her kindness have won glowing compliments from our clients in their staff evaluations. At Global Kids Lucía is the Administrative Assistant and her goals include taking the company to the highest possible levels in administration, marketing and sales.

Her functions include providing information, scheduling lessons, customer service, follow-up with clients and potential clients, sales and billing, and is the accounting assistant.

Our English Teacher: Natalia Fernandez Rojas

Natalia is currently a student of Spanish Education for Foreigners at the Universidad Nacional. Natalia has vast experience as a Spanish teacher for foreign children and adults at various centers in Monteverde, Puntarenas.

Her career includes training as a teacher of Spanish as a foreign language, group discipline management courses at the Universidad de Costa Rica and a professional development class for teachers of Spanish as a foreign language at the Monteverde Institute.

At Global Kids Natalia works as an English and Spanish teacher for children and adults, with excellent results. Additionally, she has been named the assistant for the Astronauts Program, to which she has contributed great ideas. Natalia demonstrated, from the very beginning, that she has the Global Kids spirit. Client evaluations show the very high level of satisfaction they have with Natalia’s work.