BRAZ-TESOL - Key Persons


Andréia Poppi - CCO

Job Titles:
  • Communications Director

Diana Pereira


Dr. Gabriel Díaz

Dr. Gabriel Díaz Maggioli is a teacher who applies the lessons learned in the classroom to his roles as teacher educator, researcher, and writer. He is a certified researcher in Uruguay's National Research and Innovation Agency. He also works as Academic Advisor to the Institute of Education at Universidad ORT Uruguay. The author of 27 books, as well as numerous articles in professional and peer-refereed journals, Gabriel has shared his work with colleagues in the Americas, Asia, Europe, and the Middle East. He is the first Latinx President of the International Association of Teachers of English as a Foreign Language (IATEFL).

Hugo Dart

Job Titles:
  • Secretary

Hugo Freitas

Job Titles:
  • Finance

James Taylor

Job Titles:
  • Second Vice - President

Jenny Dooley

Job Titles:
  • President of Express Publishing, Hol
Jenny Dooley, President of Express Publishing, holds an M.Ed. from the University of Wales, Swansea. She has been a teacher, teacher trainer, and author in the ELT field for more than twenty years. She has travelled extensively, delivering seminars and holding workshops in Latin America, Europe, the Middle East and Asia. She is the owner and manager of one of the piloting schools used by Express Publishing and is the president of H.E.C., a language exams distribution centre. She has also been influential in the creation of children's theatre groups, which aim to

Lúcia Alves - Treasurer, VP

Job Titles:
  • Treasurer
  • Vice President

Marcela Cintra - President

Job Titles:
  • President
Marcela Cintra is passionate about education and the power of learning. She can often be found helping teachers and learners in online and face-to-face lessons, reading or writing. She has been working with English language teaching for over 25 years, been involved in teacher training and development programmes and presented in ABCI, LABCI, BBELT, BRAZ-TESOL, TESOL and IATEFL conferences. A CELTA and Delta tutor, she has an MA in TESOL. As a past-president for BRAZ-TESOL and a member, she is part of the advisory council of the association.

Roberta Mesquita

Job Titles:
  • Members Director

Sérgio Monteiro - President

Job Titles:
  • President