OLLI101413 - Down Mexico Way

Course Description

Down Mexico Way

Instructor: Alicia Romeu
Dates: Mondays, Oct 3-Nov 7
Time: 10:00 AM-11:30 AM
Location: Online via Zoom  

Would you like to get to know your neighbors to the south? Down Mexico Way will guide you to identify misconceptions and stereotypes, historic background of Mexico, its art expressions, typical foods beyond the taco and enchilada, traditions and folklore, world heritage sites, and Mexico as seen from above! Spend some time and become a “good neighbor to the north.”
Maximum registrants: 100

Instructor Bio:
Alicia H. Romeu has studied Romance Languages and history for the past fifty years. She has earned three master’s degrees: the first one from I.T.E.S.M. from Monterrey, México, a Bilingual Bicultural degree from LaSalle University in Philadelphia culminating with an Educational Administration degree from Villanova University. Her teaching experience goes back almost 50 years having retired from Germantown Academy in Fort Washington. She is now a guide at the Philadelphia Museum of Art after graduating from a two-year training program.