Janice Snow Rodriguez, Executive Director 

janice@tfli.org

         
Education: M.A. in Spanish Literature, University of Tennessee, Knoxville. Ph.D, Public Administration at Tennessee State University, Institute of Government. Cross Cultural Health Care Program Trainer. 

Experience: Janice has been with TFLI since 1999, beginning as the State Court Interpreter Certification Program Coordinator and Director of Interpretation and Translation Services.  In addition to her role as Executive Director, Dr. Rodriguez participates in the TN Supreme Court's Access to Justice Commission and is on the board of the Nashville Metro Police Department's El Protector program.  She also serves as adjunct faculty for TN State University's College of Public Service and Urban Affairs. Janice lives in Nashville with husband Ernie, children Claudia and Javier.

 

Other Professional Experience: University instructor, Information Specialist with the Voice of America Radio Marti Program, legal translator, intellectual property researcher, software support specialist. Travel in Latin America, Japan. NAJIT member, ATA member, ASPA member. 

 

Languages: English, Spanish, Portuguese
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Apryl Ruiz, Business Manager, Front Desk Coordinator
apryl@tfli.org

Education: B.S. in Business Management from Mid-Continent University, TESL Certification from TFLI

Experience: Volunteer work in Mexico building homes for less fortunate families. Attended Southern Illinois University in Carbondale, IL. Managed restaurants all over Illinois.
 
 
Languages: English and Spanish
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Trisha Boyer, Marketing Coordinator
trisha@tfli.org

Education: B.A. Journalism, University of Mississippi; TEFL Certificate, ITC-Barcelona

Experience: Trisha left her native Illinois to study Journalism at The University of Mississippi, starting a chain reaction of exploring new places. Following graduation she spent one year in Boulder, CO, taking writing classes at Colorado University. She learned about a TEFL Program in Spain from one of her instructors, and left for beautiful Barcelona weeks later. She spent one year teaching business English before moving back to Chicago.

After 3 cold winters in Chicago then Boston, she moved to Nashville, where she worked for The Tennessean, Nashville Public Radio, and as a Regional Marketing Manager for The New York Times. She has also recently worked on freelance writing projects for Cheekwood Botanical Garden and Museum of Art and White Thompson Marketing Agency.

Trisha is eager to start taking Spanish classes at TFLI.
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Patti Pardue-Fuenmayor, Administrative Assistant
patti@tfli.org
 
Education: BA in Management & Human Relations, Trevecca Nazarene University, Nashville.
  
Experience: Lived in Cartagena, Colombia 17 years. Taught ESL to all grade levels in a private all-girl school in Cartagena.


Languages: English and Spanish

 

 

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Mary Morgan, TBR Director of Special Projects

(on part-time temporary loan to TFLI)  mary.morgan@tbr.edu

 

Education: B.A. in Political Science and History, Austin Peay State University; graduate work in Political Science, The George Washington University.

 

Experience: Director of Communications for Tennessee Board of Regents, Nashville, TN,  2000-2010; Director of Marketing, Cheekwood Botanical Garden and Museum of Art, Nashville, TN, 1999-2000; Editor, Kitchen Garden Magazine, The Taunton Press, Newtown, CT, 1996-2000; Executive Director of Promotion and Public Affairs, National Public Radio, Washington, DC, 1990-1996; Executive Director, Development International, Inc., Washington, DC, 1980-1990.

 

Languages: English, French, Very Elementary Arabic 

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Percy Person, Technology Coordinator

percy@tfli.org

 

Languages: English, Macaronics

  

 

 

 

 

 

 

Leah Hashinger, TFLI Volunteer

volunteer@tfli.org

Education: BA in Peace Studies from Goucher College
 
Experience: After graduating from Goucher College in 2008, Leah moved to Kagawa, Japan where she taught English for two years through the Japan Exchange and Teaching (JET) Program. She relocated to Nashville in 2010 for an Americorps position at the Vanderbilt Coaltion for Healthy Aging, where she presently fills the role of Refugee and Immigrant Health Outreach Coordinator. Her experience working with refugees in Nashville inspired her to want to study Arabic, hence her interest in volunteering at TFLI.
 
Languages: English and Japanese