Maritza Sloan

President-elect American Association of Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese

Maritza Sloan received a B.A. degree in Spanish from Oklahoma State University and a M.A. in Education from Hamline University in Minnesota. She is currently working towards an Ed.D. in Social Justice from the University of Missouri – Saint Louis. In addition to her degrees, she has studied Spanish literature at the University of Salamanca, and Santiago de Compostela in Spain. This is her eighth year of teaching Spanish at Ladue Horton Watkins high School in Saint Louis, Missouri. Prior to Missouri, Maritza taught for 15 years at Plano Independent School District in Texas where she started the AP Spanish Literature curriculum for the district. After arriving at Ladue school district, Maritza started a chapter of the Spanish Honor Society and helped the other world languages in the school to start their own societies. She also advocated for the Seal of Biliteracy for the state of Missouri and helped Ladue become the first school in Missouri to award the Seal to 22 students in 2018, 58 in 2019 and

Los Carneros de Ladue comparten sus experiencias (SHH-AATSP)

The 6 Spanish students of Los carneros de Ladue chapter of the Sociedad Honoraria Hispánica discuss their language learning experiences in and beyond the classroom. The session is moderated by Spanish teacher and chapter sponsor Maritza Sloan who also is the current President-Elect of the American Association of Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese (AATSP). The students represent Ladue Horton Watkins high school, St. Louis, MO.

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