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Macarena Fritz-Cefaratti began working at Park in 2017. She is a native Spanish-speaker from Santiago, Chile, where she earned an Honors Bachelor of Fashion Design from INCACEA. Throughout her studies she has tutored other students and participated in educational programs in very diverse areas of Chile. Her background motivates her to create and design classes where students are capable of learning the language and the culture in each one of her classes with a positive learning environment that excites and invests students in the target language.

In her classroom, students have the opportunity to learn using many concepts acquired during their years at Park and have a more global vision of the Spanish language. Macarena started the exchange program with Santiago College in Santiago, Chile. This program was a goal she had in mind since coming to Park. During her years in Park, Macarena has been working with the DEI program, where her knowledge for being a Latinx has helped her to understand how to make a difference in their community. She has motivated students to understand the importance of the language through her ability to see outside of just conjugation and vocabulary.

In addition to her teaching duties, Macarena is the coordinator of the Advisory program. This program promotes meaningful relationships between advisors and students in grades 7-12 while providing academic, social and emotional support to students. This program believes students will experience a more personalized learning environment with a structure and set of practices for monitoring and encouraging academic progress throughout high school.

Macarena is a proud Pioneer parent of Paolo ’30 and Ophelia ’32. She loves to travel whenever possible with her family, try new food, and learn more about fashion.