IES Abroad Santiago

María del Carmen Cortés Arce
IES Abroad Director

A native of Santiago, Maricarmen has nearly 30 years of experience with local development activities with government and non-profit organizations, including Wilder Center for Communities (part of the Amherst H. Wilder Foundation), Franklin Covey Chile, and the United States Peace Corps in Santiago, FINAM (a Women's World Banking NGO), and the Fundacion Miguel Cast. Maricarmen holds a Master's and B.A. in Architecture from the Universidad de Chile, and was also a Fulbright Scholar through the Hubert H. Humphrey Fellowship program with the University of Minnesota.

IES Abroad Staff
Anita María Moreno
Student Affairs Coordinator 

Angela Schaaf
Assistant Director/Academic Coordinator 

Paola Riquelme
Administration and Finance Coordinator

Sonia Fierro
Office Keeper   

Faculty
Lucas Araya
Spanish Language
M.A., Applied Linguistics, Universidad de Chile 

Rosi Bahamondes
Spanish Stylistics
Ph.D. Applied Linguistics, Carnegie Mellon University 

Marcelle Cepeda
Spanish Language
M.A., Applied Linguistics, Universidad de Chile

Lilian Ferrer
PUC Health Studies Coordinator
Ph.D. Public Health, University of Illinois-Chicago 

Pablo Fierro
History and Human Rights
M.A. Education and History, Universidad de Chile; Postgraduate in Education and International Affairs 

Claudia Flores
Spanish Language
M.A. Linguistics, Universidad de Chile

Marisol Madariaga,
Service Learning and Internship
B.A. in Social Work 

Alejandro Olivares,
Political Science and Economics
Ph.D. Social Sciences; Political Science and Economics, Universidad de Chile 

Francisca Pérez,
Anthropology
Ph.D., Architecture and Urban Studies,
M.A., Anthropology, Universidad Academica de Humanismo Cristiano; Pontifica Universidad Católica de Chile

Alejandra Wolff,
Arts and Literature
Ph.D. Literature, Pontifica Universidad Católica de Chile
M.A., and B.A., Arts, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile; Literature