Marcela Raffo studied translation and interpreting at Universidad Femenina del Sagrado Corazón. For more than 15 years she worked as an English teacher and coordinated the English for Business, English for Computers and English for Hotel Management courses at Instituto San Ignacio de Loyola. She has completed a university certificate program on Information Sciences and Management with Pontificia Universidad Católica del Peru; she has also completed a TESOL Core Certificate Program with TESOL and a certificate program on Neurosciences and Education with CEREBRUM and Universidad Católica San Pablo. She has been the Regional English Language Office Specialist in the US Embassy in Lima since 2007.