Consuelo Quijano, Joy Bolado

Consuelo Quijano is an Associate Professor of Tagalog at the Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center (DLIFLC), U.S.A., with 15 years of teaching experience. She has served multiple roles in her organization: immersion specialist, team leader, curriculum reviewer, oral proficiency interview (OPI) tester, and faculty advisory council (FAC) member. She earned a Master of Business Administration degree from John F. Kennedy University and a doctorate in Educational Leadership from Liberty University. Her research focused on improving the professional development of professors’ self-leadership traits.

Joy Bolado is a certified Tagalog language instructor at the Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center, serving at both the Presidio of Monterey, California and Stone Bay of North Carolina, U.S.A., with the esteemed rank of Associate Professor. Holding a degree in Music Education from the University of Santo Tomas, Philippines, Ms. Bolado furthered her academic pursuits by obtaining a master’s degree in Curriculum and Instruction from Brandman University, California. She is recognized as an active oral proficiency interview third rater, immersion specialist, and diagnostic assessment specialist, and she has been teaching the language for 17 years.