Waterloo Community School District
Julio David Urdaneta Torres is an experienced educator specializing in language instruction, currently serving as a Spanish Teacher at East High School within the Waterloo Community School District since October 2020. Previously, Urdaneta Torres taught foreign languages at Gaffney High School from August 2016 to May 2023 and has held various roles in language education, including Spanish Teacher / Instructor with Foreign Academic & Cultural Exchange Services INC and General Manager / Co-Owner at Centro de Lenguas Extranjeras - VALERA. Urdaneta Torres also served as Director at Alpha Learning Región Los Andes and held positions at LinguaPRO and Universidad Valle del Momboy. Urdaneta Torres holds a Master's degree in Educational Management from Universidad Pedagógica Experimental Libertador and a degree in Modern Languages Education from Universidad de los Andes (VE).
Waterloo Community School District
At Waterloo Schools, the future is now. With career-ready programming like the more than 20 options available at the Waterloo Career Center, we help students discover where their passion meets profession. Our alumni include world-renowned Olympic wrestler Dan Gable and Pulitzer Prize winning author and creator of The 1619 Project Hannah Nikole-Jones. We continue to grow generations of leaders – one of our current seniors has been offered a full ride scholarship to Stanford University thanks to her involvement in our International Baccalaureate offerings. The future is here! The future is now. Waterloo Schools is an award-winning PK-12 school district committed to growing students from Iowa, the heartland of the US, into global citizens. Our students graduate with a diploma and a plan for their futures; they're college-ready and career-ready. We offer a vast array of nationally and internally recognized programs such as Leader in Me, Junior Achievement, and International Baccalaureate as well as opportunities exclusively available at Waterloo like LifeLabs.