Who is the  instructor?

My name is Otto Ivan Cifuentes and currently, I am teaching H Sp 1, H Sp 2, and Sp 1.

Allow me to tell you a little about myself. I am native Spanish speaker, and I earned my B.A. in Spanish linguistics from California State University Long Beach; I also received my M.A. in linguistics from the same institution. Summer 2011, I received my single subject credential to teach Spanish as a foreign language. 
Currently, I am teaching Spanish at Bishop Montgomery High School Los Angeles (full time) and also, I am teaching Spanish 101 at Cerritos College (Part Time). The reason why I did my MA in linguistics was that I wanted to have more experience with the English language since my future students will most likely speak English as their first language. I have spent almost nine years pursuing my goal of teaching Spanish at the community college level. When I came to the U.S. in 1990, I did not speak one word of English. My own personal experience will hopefully serve as a model for future students who want to learn Spanish as their second language. I have survived academically in an English-speaking environment, and I speak and write well enough to teach English as a second language.  Even though I do not speak other languages, in my linguistic courses, I learned how other languages function. I believe that this knowledge will help me to understand students from different linguistic and cultural backgrounds and make the content of lessons more understandable for them.