Fany Aracely Martinez Barahona is originally from Tegucigalpa, Honduras. She attended graduate school at Southern Illinois University Carbondale where she received her MA in Foreign Languages and Literatures - Spanish and TESOL. Prior to coming to the United States, Fany got her BA in English Language Teaching at Universidad Pedagógica Nacional Francisco Morazán in her home country, where she became an instructor for the English Language Program in her alma mater. She has also worked in preschool, primary and secondary education which she considers as the foundation of her teaching experience.
