¿Quien es Ana Herrero? – Archive
Written by Crow's Nest Staff, Feb 21, 2011, 0 Comments
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Malory Speir
Contributing Writer
Ana Herrero may be new to the St. Petersburg campus, but she’s no stranger to USF. Herrero, a Spanish professor in the Department of Languages, Literature and Writing, received her bachelor’s and master’s degrees from USF Tampa and then taught there as a teaching assistant and an adjunct until 1996. Her teaching career carried on at Eckerd College, St. Petersburg Catholic High School and St. Petersburg College before arriving here to teach both upper and lower level Spanish classes. She came here this semester to replace Professor Eric Alvarez, who retired at the end of last year.
Though her teaching career has been based in Florida, Herrero was born in Santiago, Chile to Cuban and Puerto Rican parents. After living in San Juan, Puerto Rico, Herrero made her residency in the Tampa Bay area.
After teaching various topics and levels of Spanish classes, Herrero has found that Spanish-American civilization is one of her favorites to teach. Her interest in this subject started when she took the course at the graduate level at USF Tampa, taught by Carlos Cano, associate professor in the Department of World Languages.
“His knowledge and passion was an inspiration, but most importantly it taught me to understand the vast complexities and beauty of my own culture,” Herrero said.
She hopes her students will have the same enthusiasm as they learn different languages and cultures. Herrero expects students to show interest by participating and making a sincere effort to learn.
“I strongly believe in a communicative approach where the student is encouraged to use the target language as much as possible,” Herrero said.
Her best advice to her current and future students is “to relax, and to enjoy the process of learning not only a foreign language but the culture.”
“It will offer the student a better understanding of the diversity of the Hispanic peoples,” she said.
