Ms. Mildred Guzman

Mildred Guzman, a Spanish teacher at Washington Christian Academy in Silver Spring, was honored last month by the president of the Dominican Republic with the Medal of Merit for Dominican women.

Ramona Garcia, undersecretary of state for the Ministry for Women, presented the award to Guzman April 20 at a ceremony at the Embassy of the Dominican Republic.
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Guzman, a native of the Dominican Republic, received the medal for her lifelong career of service to her country in both politics and education, according to a news release from the school.

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Before she became a teacher, Guzman worked with former president Juan Bosch as his personal secretary from 1978-1994.During those years, she also studied for her degree in political science at the Universidad Autonoma of Santa Domingo.She also worked for President Leonel Fernandez, from 1996-2000 as vice minister and secretary to the president , a job in which she was responsible for the public administration area of the Dominican government.

Guzman became distinguished for her work with the Dominican Liberation Party, and became the first female member of the Political Committee in 1980.She has written a booklet on political science and many newspaper articles.

In 2004, she was named Outstanding First Year Foreign Language Teacher by the Maryland Foreign Language Association.This is her first year at Washington Christian Academy.

Mildred Guzman, a Spanish teacher at Washington Christian Academy in Silver Spring, was honored last month by the president of the Dominican Republic with the Medal of Merit for Dominican women.
...
Ramona Garcia, undersecretary of state for the Ministry for Women, presented the award to Guzman April 20 at a ceremony at the Embassy of the Dominican Republic.
...
Guzman, a native of the Dominican Republic, received the medal for her lifelong career of service to her country in both politics and education, according to a news release from the school.

Before she became a teacher, Guzman worked with former president Juan Bosch as his personal secretary from 1978-1994.During those years, she also studied for her degree in political science at the Universidad Autonoma of Santa Domingo.She also worked for President Leonel Fernandez, from 1996-2000 as vice minister and secretary to the president , a job in which she was responsible for the public administration area of the Dominican government.

Guzman became distinguished for her work with the Dominican Liberation Party, and became the first female member of the Political Committee in 1980.She has written a booklet on political science and many newspaper articles.

In 2004, she was named Outstanding First Year Foreign Language Teacher by the Maryland Foreign Language Association.This is her first year at Washington Christian Academy.

Ms. Mildred Guzman

Ms. Mildred Guzman