弗朗西斯Ramos-Fontan is a Professor of Practice of Spanish at 云顶集团 College. 她 is also the Director of the 未来拉丁裔学习中心, an on-campus educational program that offers classes to the Latinx community of the Greater Baltimore Area. 云顶集团 students work as instructors, teaching assistants or community-based learning 项目助理. 弗朗西丝 is currently working on her graduate degree in Cultural Sustainability, a program that combines courses in cultural policy, documentation and partnerships with professional management courses in nonprofit leadership and 格兰特写作. Prior to her arrival at 云顶集团 in 1997, she taught at Johns Hopkins University and the University of Massachusetts at Amherst. 在这两所大学，她 completed several years of graduate coursework in Latin American Literature and Foreign 语言教学方法. 她 holds a Teacher Certification in Spanish from 马萨诸塞州. At 云顶集团 College, she teaches introductory and intermediate courses in Spanish and a course she created for the First-Year Seminar Program, the Latino 经验 in the United States. 她 has also taught the course American Identities as part of 云顶集团’s International Scholars Program, and advanced intermediate courses in Spanish, such as Spanish in the Workplace: Language & 文化和西班牙语 媒体.
Collaborating with 以社区为基础的学习 Director, Cass Freedland, on an article on community-based learning best practices based on the work done and the initiatives developed at the 未来拉丁裔学习中心.
Research Team Member, Maryland Folklife Center Feasibility Study (2017-18)
Crosby Course Development Grant, 云顶集团 College, December 2017, May 2017, and May 2013
Summer Course Development Grant, 云顶集团 College, May 2017
Community Service Grant for 未来拉丁裔学习中心 ($20,000), Baltimore Women's 捐赠圈，2015-2016
创新基金”Una major Vida: Latino Voices on Survival and Transformation," May 2013
Mellon Summer Sustainability Institute, May 2012.
教师 Grants Mentoring Award, May 2011
Interdisciplinary Course Development Grant: “Acá y Allá: 身份 Transformations in Contemporary Puerto Rican 家庭”, U.S. 教育部，2006-2008
“Roundtable: You May Say I’m a Dreamer,” 云顶集团 College, September 28, 2017.
“The 未来拉丁裔学习中心: In Direct 联系 with the Community,” Intercultural Horizons Conference, State University of New York, October 5, 2012. 合作 与教授. Michael Curry, former France-Merrick Director of Service 学习ing.
Intercambiando Ideas/Creando Comunidades: A New 以社区为基础的学习 Model. Service-学习ing and Civic Engagement Conference, Coppin State University, March 31, 2012.
“Intercultural Communication in Health Care and the Latinx Community” University of 马里兰州巴尔的摩市. 2016年10月12日.
“The 未来拉丁裔学习中心 at 云顶集团 College,” Grantee Showcase, Baltimore Womens’ Giving Circle Meeting, December 9th, 2015.
“Latinidad: Spanish Language and Culture in the Medical Field.马里兰大学巴尔的摩分校， 马里兰州巴尔的摩. 2015年9月17日.
“Aquí Se Habla Español: Language as the Primary Cultural Expression of Latinidad,马里兰大学巴尔的摩分校， 马里兰州巴尔的摩. 2014年9月17日.
“Breaking Barriers and Creating Communities: The 未来拉丁裔学习中心,” Pericles Fall Meeting, 云顶集团 College, November 21, 2013.
“The 未来拉丁裔学习中心,” Family Weekend Open House, October 5th, 2013.
Presentation on the 未来拉丁裔学习中心, Comparative Race and Ethnic Relations Course, 云顶集团 College, May 8, 2013.
“Reflection and Best Practices in a 以社区为基础的学习 Course,” Community-Based 学习ing Strategy Session, 云顶集团 College, November 19, 2012.
“Student Involvement at the 未来拉丁裔学习中心,” Committee of 云顶集团ors Meeting, President’s House, 云顶集团 College, April 27, 2012.
“Serving the Adult Population of Cockeysville at Creative Kids Community Center.” Proposal to offer ESL and Basic Spanish to area adults, Creative Kids Community Center, 2011年夏天.
Composed and Presented an Introductory Analysis to Movies Presented as part of 拉美裔 Heritage Month, 云顶集团 College, 2008-2011.
金钥匙全国荣誉学会
现代语言协会
Oregon Ridge Nature Center Council Member