INSTRUCTOR/FACILITATOR’S BACKGROUND:

TERESITA BURGOS-GUTIERREZ is a professional speaker, corporate trainer, textbook writer, and teacher. She is a Training Consultant of various business establishments, author of Speech books for REX GROUP OF COMPANIES, and a volunteer teacher at the Adult Night High School LA SALLE GREENHILLS, a school for the marginalized ran by the De La Salle Brothers of the Philippines where she was conferred the Most Outstanding Teacher Award for 2004.

Her global experiences, including observations of the public and private educational systems in the United States of America, have widened her personal and professional horizon. In October of 2004, Gutierrez was invited as a Guest Presenter during the statewide convention of the FILIPINO-AMERICAN EDUCATORS ASSOCIATION IN CALIFORNIA held in San Francisco. A strong advocate for women empowerment, Gutierrez is an officer and member of the Board of Trustees of the United Nations Development Fund for Women, Philippine Chapter.