María José Ferreyra works out of Buenos Aires, coordinating the DRCLAS Study Abroad and Summer Internship Programs in Argentina. She is a Professor of Modern Languages and Literatures and a graduate of the Universidad Nacional de Córdoba (1986). She served as Student Advisor to the Centro Binacional Argentino-Norteamericano (IICANA). In 1992, she lived in Boston and worked as a Professor of Spanish at UMass; she also worked in adult and child education in Brookline, MA. Between 1995 and 1996, she was Professor of Spanish at BU, Tufts, Brandeis University, and Simmons College. She was the Head of the International Department at the Northlands School in Buenos Aires. She has also taught Spanish as a Second Language for the International Baccalaureate program. Her interest in American culture and intercultural experiences began in 1980 when she lived and completed her high school studies in Rhinebeck, NY.