Dawn Strickland, a native of Chesterfield County, Virginia has over 25 years’ experience with the Spanish language and Hispanic culture. During her career, she has taught at a variety of levels: from Kindergarten through Master’s levels. In an effort to see individuals quickly learn how to communicate effectively and confidently in Spanish, she became a nationally certified Command Spanish® instructor in April 2003. She has used CS® materials exclusively in a variety of workplace settings including construction, the court system, dental staff, human resources, retail, child care, international organizations, and educational institutions. Ms. Strickland was appointed as a cultural ambassador to international military families of Spain and Central and South America at the Command and General Staff College at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas. She has traveled to Europe, Central and South America and the Caribbean and has many experiences and relationships with Latinos/Hispanics across the U.S. and around the world. She has a heart to see barriers destroyed and bridges built for the purpose of creating a more caring, understanding and compassionate world filled with diverse people. She is the founder of SPANISH FOR THE WORKPLACE AND BEYOND located in and serving Central Virginia.

Other services include translation, interpretation and tutoring. She has most recently become a member of the Command Spanish® e-Training National Sales Force.

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Dr. Adrienne Snair-Trothier has a passion for the varied voices of the people that make up our America. She sees Americans as a blend of many cultures that are unique and special and have much to offer one another. She grew up in Central Connecticut and went to college at Temple University in Philadelphia, earning a Bachelor's and Master’s degree there as well as teaching American History in high school in the city of Philadelphia for two years working on curricula to include Black History, Native American History, roles of women and immigrants from Europe as well as Latinos that were “left out of the history books.” She then returned to her native Connecticut to teach high school in the city of Hartford Public Schools and work with the University of Connecticut programs and local museums to continue this work. Her doctoral studies were in the field of multicultural studies through oral history.

She worked in the fields of diversity and Multicultural America as an educator in the City of Hartford CT Public Schools for more than 25 years, teaching high school American History, Diversity Studies and Current Issues, and then as System Department Chair for Social Studies and also as Principal. Dr. Adrienne moved with her husband to Central Florida in 2003. Since her move to Florida, she has obtained her Florida Teacher and Administrative Certification. In addition to tutoring students here in Florida, she has continued to assist teachers in Connecticut with diversity training and multicultural lesson planning. She has become an Adjunct Instructor for Brevard Community College, the University of Central Florida, and Institute for Business and Community Education. She currently teaches the State of Florida court mandated courses and has taught courses and workshops for professional groups in central Florida in the areas of American History, Geography, Multicultural America, Diversity and Sexual Awareness Training, Oral History, Community Spanish, and English as a Second Language. She also earned certification in the nationally recognized Command Spanish language program as a Certified Instructor and in 2007 began plans to start her own classes and school. In 2008, she joined the Titusville Chamber of Commerce to help further these goals and became an active Chamber member.

Dr. Adrienne and her husband accompanied students who won a travel study award to Europe to see the roots of American History. She has driven through forty-nine of the fifty states and traveled extensively in Mexico and the Caribbean with her husband and children. Her husband and younger daughter attended the immersion Spanish language school with her in Playa del Carmen Mexico. All of these experiences led her to develop the program and school that is now known as Voices of America: Learning for Life and to become a certified instructor in the nationally recognized occupational Spanish language instruction program, “Command Spanish.” These courses center on Spanish for the Workplace and Travel, English as a second language as well as diversity training.Tutoring is available for high school and college students as well for adults in Spanish, French, basic literacy and study skills”

Dr. Adrienne promotes learning for life and makes learning a stimulating, interesting and rewarding experience for all who take her classes…Learning for Life!

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