The IES Abroad Center is located is located within the beautiful botanic garden at the Instituto Nacional de Biodiversidad (INBio), a biological park in Heredia designed to educate the public on the rich biodiversity of Costa Rica and issues of sustainability.
Features of the Center include:
Classrooms
Administrative offices
High speed internet
Study area
Small library
Center staff:
Sarah Cordero Pinchansky Center Director
Sarah Cordero Pichansky holds a Bachelors degree from the University of Costa Rica and a Masters in Public Administration from the Kennedy School at Harvard. She is currently completing her doctorate at MIT with a focus on economic development and sustainability. She served previously as Profesora Asesora of Management Consulting practice at INCAE, one of the leading business schools in Latin America, where she also directed an INCAE - Carlson School of Management joint workshop on business and sustainability for eight years. She also served as Dean of the faculty of the Business School at the Latin American University of Science and Technology (ULACIT) in San José. Sarah's academic interests parallel two of the primary themes of our San José Center: Sustainability and development, and environmental protection.
Faculty
Sharon Springer Environmental Studies
Ed.D., Master’s in Teaching English as a Second Language
Mildred Linkimer Environmental Studies & Biology
Master's in Tropical Agroforestry
Alvaro Herrera Environmental Studies & Biology
Master's in Biology
Rodolfo Meoño Soto Latin American Studies
Ph.D. in Human Rights and Development, Master's in Educational Sciences, Licenciatura in Philosophy
Francisco Robles Rivera Latin American Studies
Master's in Latin American Studies
Jane Yeomans Environmental Studies & Biology
Ph.D. in Soil Microbiology and Biochemistry
Ramón León Environmental Studies & Biology
M.Sc. & Ph.D. in Crop Production & Physiology, PhD. in Genetics
IES Abroad San José
The IES Abroad Center is located is located within the beautiful botanic garden at the Instituto Nacional de Biodiversidad (INBio), a biological park in Heredia designed to educate the public on the rich biodiversity of Costa Rica and issues of sustainability.
Features of the Center include:
Sarah Cordero Pinchansky
Center Director
Sarah Cordero Pichansky holds a Bachelors degree from the University of Costa Rica and a Masters in Public Administration from the Kennedy School at Harvard. She is currently completing her doctorate at MIT with a focus on economic development and sustainability. She served previously as Profesora Asesora of Management Consulting practice at INCAE, one of the leading business schools in Latin America, where she also directed an INCAE - Carlson School of Management joint workshop on business and sustainability for eight years. She also served as Dean of the faculty of the Business School at the Latin American University of Science and Technology (ULACIT) in San José. Sarah's academic interests parallel two of the primary themes of our San José Center: Sustainability and development, and environmental protection.
Faculty
Sharon Springer
Environmental Studies
Ed.D., Master’s in Teaching English as a Second Language
Mildred Linkimer
Environmental Studies & Biology
Master's in Tropical Agroforestry
Alvaro Herrera
Environmental Studies & Biology
Master's in Biology
Rodolfo Meoño Soto
Latin American Studies
Ph.D. in Human Rights and Development, Master's in Educational Sciences, Licenciatura in Philosophy
Francisco Robles Rivera
Latin American Studies
Master's in Latin American Studies
Jane Yeomans
Environmental Studies & Biology
Ph.D. in Soil Microbiology and Biochemistry
Ramón León
Environmental Studies & Biology
M.Sc. & Ph.D. in Crop Production & Physiology, PhD. in Genetics