Pura vida - PROGRAM SAMPLER

xii PREFACE Acknowledgments We, the authors of Pura vida , wish to express our heartfelt thanks to our colleagues in charge of the Student Activities Manual authors: Tasha Lewis, Marcus Welch, and Adolfo Carrillo Cabello. We appreciate their hard work and patience. A special thanks to all listed below for sharing with us your wonderful stories and great photos for the Perspectivas sections and other activities: Shelley Cheney Ackermann, Catalina Adams, Mark Adams, Mark Ackermann, Fernando Aveiga, Isabel Baboun Garib, Caragh Barry, Noemia Melissa Binney, Héctor Bombiella Medina, Julia Brown, Yanitsa Buendía, Miranda Buseman, Aina Cabra Riart, María Inés Canto Carrillo, Leah Chirinos Alemán, Rebecca Conley, Dylan Chuldjian- Pardo, Isabela Chuldjian-Pardo, Carolyne Crolotte Mesquita, Katie Clarkson, Claudia Darrigrandi, Alfida Deaza, Sergio Díaz Luna, Stefan Dubois, Nicole Ellis, María Celeste González-Chaves, Myriam Gonzales- Smith, Adriana Guillén, Kiley Guyton-Acosta, Rachel Haywood Ferreira, Elias Hernández, Alexandra Hernández-Pardo, Natalia Hernández- Pardo, Juan Hernando Vázquez, Byron Hoy, Claire Ihlendorf Burke, Cindy Irusta, Elizabeth Jara, Emily Kuffner, Olga Lazchuk y familia, Megan Mayzelle, Carmen McCotter, Juan Miranda, Julia Medina, Lola Miralles, Miguel Montesinos, James Musselman, Donato Ndongo Bidyogo, Kenny Ogorzalek, María Belén Pardo Ballester, María Pilar Pardo Ballester, Teresa Pascual García, María Pascual Sánchez, Yolanda Jacqueline Peláez, Angélica Sofía Reina Páez, Wilma Isabel Pillot, Orlando Ríos Cabral, Flor Romero de Slowing, Brittany Schon, Ryan Sokol, Victoria Téllez, Christina Sansom, Lale Stefkova, Ana Varela Tafur, Marta Vessoni de Lence, Eva Michelle Wheeler, Julie Wilhelm. Vista Higher Learning would also like to thank the following reviewers and contributors from across the nation for their observations, their important scrutiny, and their creative ideas. Eduardo Acuna Zumbado, Missouri State University Christina Agostinelli, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York Frances Alpren, Vanderbilt University Laura Arribas, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York Corinne Arrieta, American River College Bárbara Ávila-Shah, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York Rene Baca, New Mexico Highlands University Damián Bacich, California State San Jose, San Jose Youngmin Bae, Los Angeles City College Carmen Bárcenas, Lone Star College–North Harris Maria Bauluz, Santa Clara University Mónica Beviá, Cornell University Sara Blossom Bostwick, Lansing Community College Joanna Bradley, East Carolina University Tatiana Calixto, University of Michigan Manuel Camacho, San Joaquin Delta College Araceli Canalini, Chicago State University Mónica Cantero, Drew University Juan Carlos Valencia, Truman State University Lissette Castro, Mount San Jacinto College Robert Chierico, Chicago State University Beatriz Cobeta, George Washington University Sandra Correa, Arizona State University William Denver, Armstrong Atlantic State University Óscar Díaz, Middle Tennesse State University Isabel Domínguez, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York Lucía Dzikowski, Seminole State College Kimberley Eherenman, University of San Diego María Encisco, Saddleback College Angela Erickson Grussing, Saint John’s University Luz Escobar, Tarrant County College District South Addison Everett, Dixie State College Ronna Felt, Nassau Community College, The State University of New York Diane Forbes, Rochester Institute of Technology Diana Frantzen, University of Wisconsin–Madison Ellen Friedrich, Valdosta State University Judith García Quismondo, Seton Hill University Chad Gasta, Iowa State University Amy Ginck, Messiah College Tania Gomez, College of State Benedict María A. Gómez, Florida International University Pedro Gómez, University of Nevada, Reno Kate Grovergrys, Madison Area Technical College James Gustafson, Southern Utah University Greg Harris, Indiana Univ South Bend Mary Hartson, Oakland University Heather Hennes, Saint Josephs University Miriam Hernández Rodríguez, University of California, Berkeley Todd Hernández, Marquette University Amarilis Hidalgo de Jesús, Bloomsburg University Jerry Hoeg, Pennsylvania State University, Fayette Carmen Jany, California State University, San Bernardino Jesús David Jerez Gómez, California State University, San Bernardino Liliana Jurewiez, Indiana University of Pennsylvania Nieves Knapp, Brigham Young University–Provo Lina Lee, University of New Hampshire Marta Lence, Iowa State University Sonia Llácer, Tacoma Community College Rosa López Cañete, East Carolina University Jessica Lynam, Christopher Newport University Felipe Hugueño Machuca Alfaya, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York Bernard Manker, Grand Rapids Community College Marcelino Marcos, Lakeland Community College Rob Martinson, Brigham Young University–Provo Lydia Masanet, Mercer University Nancy Mason, Dalton State College Fernando Mayoral, Edison State College Marco Mena, Massbay Community College Denise Minor, California State University, Chico Deborah Mistron, Middle Tennessee State University Patricia Moore-Martinez, Temple University María Yazmina Moreno-Florido, Chicago State University Tania Muiño Loureiro, Northeastern University María Gabriela Muniz, Butler University Janet Navarro, Purdue University Calumet Robert Norton, Missouri State University William Otañez, Coastal Carolina University