Maestra Elizabeth Aceves has taught the Spanish language and exposed our middle-school students to Latin American cultures for more than 14 years. Maestra Aceves is a lifelong learner who dreamed of teaching since she was in college. After receiving her Bachelor of Science in Business Management and 10 years of banking and telecommunications experience, Elizabeth always felt something was missing. After the birth of her second son, she found an opportunity to leave telecommunication sales and account management to pursue her passion for education. Elizabeth began assisting the Spanish program at Holy Family School in 2012 and then joined HFS as the middle-school Spanish teacher in 2014. Maestra always updates the Spanish program to maximize the use of technology to make learning fun and accessible for a range of abilities and learning styles. Elizabeth focuses on improving the students’ level of proficiency in the target language. In addition to the language itself, students are taught about the culture of Spanish-speaking countries. Students learn about fun and interesting cultural traditions and events, such as Día de los Muertos, Los Gauchos of Argentina, Inti Raymi Festival from Perú, and the list goes on! Outside of educating middle-schoolers, Elizabeth enjoys hiking and will find a good historical fiction book, or spend as much time with her husband and two sons, who are former HFS students.