Course Listing - by Instructor
| Name | Biography |
|---|---|
| Benjamin Ackerman | Jamie ackerman has been playing guitar for 62 years and has been studying music for just as long. He has been a member of OLLI for five years. |
| Ivan Aguirre | Ivan Pierre Aguirre is currently a staff photographer with the University of Texas at El Paso Communications Department. He worked with Sports Illustrated and has photgraohed sports events with the El Paso Chihuahuas and El Paso Locomotives. |
| Alfredo Arroyo | Alfredo Arroyo is a graduate of The Citadel and of the DEA/FBI Academy and other police, military, and intelligence schools. His career includes numerous domestic and foreign assignments with INTERPOL and in Europe, Africa, and Latin America. |
| Jesús Burciaga | Jesús Burciaga has a B.A. in Mass Communication from UTEP. He is an El Paso native who was raised in Ciudad Juarez and retired from the Instituto Tecnológico de Ciudad Juárez (ITCI) faculty after 30 years of teaching. As a journalism professional, he has worked for the Secretariá de Economía in Mexico City, El Fronterizo, Universidad Autonóma de Chihuahua, and ITCI in Ciudad Juárez. He is a member of the Sociedad Mexicana de Geographiá y Estadística, Centro de Estudios Guadalupanos de la Basilica and Sociedad Chihuahuense de Estudios Históricos. |
| Pablo Estrada | Dr. Pablo Estrada is a physical therapist who atended UTEP for is B.S. and DPT. He practices at EP Rehab Specialty Group and is board certified in orthopedics, focusing on holistic, functional exercising. He has worked closely with Texas Senator Rodriguez's office providing movement training and looks forward to expanding the program to UTEP. |
| John Groves | John Groves has been a life-long naturalist with a particular interest in birds. An El Paso resident for many years, he knows the avifauna of the area and where to look for birds. He has traveled extensively in pursuit of birds and, occasionally, gets good photographs. When not birding, he plays in the El Paso and Las Cruces Symphony Orchestras. |
| Don Hunnicutt | Don Hunicutt is a native Oak Ridger born in 1944. He is married to Emily Westcott Hunnicutt. Her father, Ed Westcott, was the offical photographer for the Manhatten Project in Oak Ridge. Don retried from the Y-12 Security Complex with 37 years of service and is now a member of the Oak Ridge Heritage and Preservation Association. He is a founding member of the Oak Ridge History Museum. |
| Lin Keeling | Lin Bentley Keeling is a nationally recognized fiber artist who creates abstract fiber artwork in two and three dimensions. Her designs are influenced by jazz, ambient and classical music, as well as forms and colors found in the natural world. Keeling grew up in Arizona where she studied music and became interested in Native American weaving and basketry. She earned a B.A. at UTEP and an M.A. at NMSU, both in Anthropology. Visit www.linbentleykeeling.com to view her work. |
| Kathleen Key | Kathleen Key graduated from UTEP with an English Literature and History degree. She has a master's degree in Art History from University of St. Thomas in Houston, Texas. Key has taught art history and history of fashion since 1986. She and her husband, Bill, lived in Cairo, Egypt for 20 years before moving to the Mesilla, New Mexico area. She has taught the Entering Student Program at UTEP for five years and has been an OLLI instructor for two years. |
| Marie Livingston | Marie received her Bachelor of Fine Arts from UTEP, is a former docent at the El Paso Museum of Art, and instructor of Art History with OLLI. She the past chair and current voluteer for OLLI, has been a long-time resident of El Paso, and an avid art lover. |
| Davinia Miraval | Davinia Miraval studied Graphic Communications at Universidad Nacional Autonóma de México (UNAM) in 1998. That same year, she came to the United States and continued her studies. In 2005, she received a B.F.A. with a concentration in metals at UTEP. She has since received several awards including Best Painting Award of Excellence in Metals and the Student Scholarship from the Women's Jewelry Association, Inc. In 2007, she received her Master of Arts in Metals and Painting. |
| James Mortimore | James Mortimore is a graduate of The University of Texas at El Paso with an honors degree in British and American Literature. He is a teacher, writer, and lecturer known to many in the OLLI (Osher Lifelong Learning Institute) community where he has lectured on cultural, political, and literary topics. |
| Phyllis Price | Phyllis Price has been a certified ashtanga yoga teacher since 1981. She has studied and taught various styles of yoga including vigorous ashtanga, vinyasa, chair, pregnancy, and cancer-survivor practices. She offers her classes at The University of Texas at El Paso, New Mexico State University, various El Paso clubs and studios, and also offers private classes. She is a registered E-RYT 200 (Experienced Registered Yoga Teacher with Yoga Alliance) and LifeForce Yoga for Depression and Anxiety (LFYT) teacher, and has been an OLLI (Osher Lifelong Learning Institute) instructor since 2010. |
| Amanda Sanchez | Amanda Sanchez has over 19 combined years in education, facilitation, and training and development. She has her Bachelor's in English and American Literature with a Minor in Creative Writing, a Master's in English, and her Doctorate of Management in Organizational Leadership. Amanda has a passion for advancing El Pasoans through education and empowerment. She is an advocate for positive change through community involvement and was recently awarded the Aspen Intitute's Hunt Aspen Fellowship. |
| James Smith | Jim Smith is a former high school history teacher who has been recognized as the New Mexico Teacher of the Year and as a finalist for the National Teachers Hall of Fame. Smith now works as an education consultant, presenting to teachers and administrators throughout the United States, Europe, and Asia. His online class at Rice University, titled "The Art of Teaching History," recently reached over 5,000 teachers in 135 nations. He has made numerous presentations on music history in community education programs at New Mexico State University, Western New Mexico University, and Rice University. He has also taught many classes for OLLI (Osher Lifelong Learning Institute) at The University of Texas at El Paso for the past eight years. |
| Viridiana Vidana | Viridiana Vidana better known as V, is 31 years old and teaching is her life. She received a bachelor's degree in Spanish with a minor in Secondary Education for Modern Language majors and a master's in Latin American Literature, both from The University of Texas at El Paso. She is certified by the Texas State Board of Education as a Spanish EC-12 educator and has over seven years of teaching experience. She is currently working on her Ph.D. in teaching, learning, and culture under the strand of literacy and biliteracy. Vidana loves reading, watching lucha libre, playing the guitar and cooking five-minute rice in two minutes. |
| Leanne Von Mittenwald | Leanne Von Mittenwald has over 30 years of experience teaching theatrical arts and education. Her approachable and encouraging attitude compels her students to let go and explore their inner child. She is a published playwright who has directed over 30 plays, and has a true passion for teaching and learning. |
