Dr. Veronica Morales
Assistant Professor

• Ph.D. Spanish Literature, Texas Tech University
• M.A. Spanish, University of Texas at El Paso
• B.A. Multidisciplinary Studies, University of Texas at El Paso

Email: veronica.morales@mso.umt.edu
Phone: (406) 243-3600

Dr. Morales is specialized in Latin American literature. She has carried out several studies in the areas of: Creative Literature, Applied Linguistics, Philosophy and History and Anthropology of Religions. Her research areas are linked to Afro-Cuban Cultural Studies associated with the diaspora, the orishas, ritual theater and mythological tales as well as fantastic literature, crime novels, and the pre-Hispanic mythology of the Mayan and Aztec civilizations. Her topics of interest are related to myth, ritual, eroticism, as well as cultural anthropology.

Dr. Morales’s teaching experience started in 2017 as Spanish Instructor in Texas Tech University and Howard College. She taught beginning, intermediate, and advanced courses in Spanish Language and Literature.

Dr. Maria Aparicio-Torres
Assistant Professor

• Ph.D. in Hispanic Literature - Florida International University 
• Graduate Certificate in European & Eurasian Studies - Florida International University 
• M.A. in Spanish Language and Literature - Florida International University 
• M.A. in North American Studies – Universidad de Alcalá de Henares (Spain) 
• M.A. in Education – Universidad Complutense de Madrid (Spain) 
• B.S. in Business Administration and Management – Universidad Antonio de Nebrija (Spain) 
• B.A. in English Philology – Universidad Antonio de Nebrija (Spain) 

Email: maria.torres@mso.umt.edu
Phone: (406) 243-3600

Doctor María Aparicio Torres holds a Doctoral Degree in Spanish Language and Literature, and three Master Degrees in Education, Spanish Language and Literature and North American Studies respectively. She also earned a Graduate Certificate in European & Eurasian Studies from Florida International University. Prior to that, she earned Bachelors degrees in Business and in English Philology. 

Dr. Torres has been teaching at University level since 2006, at Universidad Autónoma de Madrid for 6 years and at Florida International University for 7 years. Additionally, she has presented her research at more than 15 international conferences in various continents. She has earned various international awards such as the Kenneth Galbraith Economy in the United States from Benjamin Franklin Institute at Universidad de Alcalá and the Dissertation Year Fellowship at Florida International University.  

She has extensive experience teaching at university for over 16 years and trained professionals in the private sector and government institutions for more than 12 years, where she managed a multidisciplinary team of teachers and professors. 

She has published a book in which she studies a selection of little known Spanish and Cuban texts published during the Cuban War of Independence at the end of the 19th century. In this book, she provides a transatlantic approach of literary texts in various genres and subgenres, and political messages exchanged between Cuba, Spain and the United States, which have been neglected by scholars in the field. 

Her dissertation and research interests focus in the field of late 19^th century literary and socio-political Caribbean Spanish regions and Spanish for the professions. She is a member of various professional institutions and she is a Certified International Examiner of Instituto Cervantes. 

In her free time, she enjoys outdoor activities as well as reading, attending performing arts events, especially music concerts and opera, and loves doing cultural tourism.

Nury Jones
Adjunct Professor

• M.A. Spanish as a Foreign Language, University of Barcelona, Spain
• B.A. Spanish Linguistics, Pedagogical University Francisco Morazán, Honduras
• Professor of Elementary Education, ENEVA Institute, Honduras

Email: nury.jones@mso.umt.edu
Phone: (406) 243-3600

Nury was born and raised in San Pedro Sula, Honduras. After finishing her high school education, she decided to become a teacher because her mother taught her that teaching is a noble profession with many responsibilities. Nury studied at ENEVA institute in the city El Paraiso, Honduras and received a degree in Professor of Elementary Education; but her desire and passion to teach continued, so she matriculated in the Pedagogical University “Francisco Morazán” in San Pedro Sula, Honduras. With much satisfaction and effort, she obtained her Bachelor Degree in Spanish Linguistics. It was a big moment for her family and for her, as well. Nury has been working in the field of education for many years and has incredibly good experiences. After a few years, she got married and moved to the United States; this decision gave her the big opportunity to be able to teach Spanish as a foreign language to the soldiers in the SOF Community since 2012 as a Spanish Instructor at the Special Warfare Center (USAJFKWCS) at Fort Bragg, NC ever since.

Nury has always wanted to do her best in teaching Spanish, which was one of her reasons for enrolling at the University of Barcelona Spain in order to get her master’s degree in teaching Spanish as a Foreign Language, and leading her to the extraordinary opportunity to be a part of the DCLCP team as Spanish Instructor at Fort Bragg, NC.

César Del Castillo Vega
Adjunct Instructor

• M.A. Public Policies and Government, Pontifical Catholic University of Peru. 2021
• Diploma: Teaching Spanish as a Second Language, Pontifical Catholic University of Peru. 2017
• B.A. Education, San Martin National University – Peru. 2010

Email: cesar.delcastillo@mso.umt.edu
Phone: (406)243-3600

Mr. Del Castillo is specialized in teaching English and Spanish as a Foreign Language. His teaching experience started in 2012 and has worked teaching English at different Universities and Language Institutes in Peru. He has also taught at military institutions such as Escuela Militar de Chorrillos (EMCH) and Escuela Naval del Peru (ESNA) for 3 years.

His main interests include language assessment, the higher education reform in Peru and Public Policies applied in the higher education sector. In 2017, he was selected to participate in the program Champion Teachers organized by the British Council and represented Peru in the presentation of the project in Chile. He has also been a speaker in the Latin American Congress of Language Teaching organized by Universidad Del Pacífico in three different editions. Mr. Del Castillo has also worked as an Oral Examiner for Cambridge University English Exams since 2018 to 2022.

Mr. Del Castillo enjoys spending time with his family, visiting museums, going to recitals and participate in Volunteering programs.