Jhonatan Vásquez-Guarnizo 

| President

 Is an English language teacher-educator at the School of Languages at Universidad Pedagógica y Tecnológica de Colombia (UPTC) in Tunja, Boyacá. He is currently pursuing an Interinstitutional Ph.D. in Education with an emphasis on ELT Education at Universidad del Valle. He holds an M.A. in Education with an Emphasis on English Didactics from Universidad Externado de Colombia, an M.A. in Language Teaching from UPTC, and a B.A. in English Language Teaching from Universidad de la Amazonia. His research interests include gender perspectives, critical interculturality in ELT, and the development of contextualized materials from a decolonial perspective. He is a member of the research groups “TONGUE” at UPTC and “EILA” at Universidad del Valle.

| Vicepresident  

Is an English language educator-researcher in the Departamento de Estudios del Lenguaje at Pontificia Universidad Javeriana in Bogotá, Colombia, and is currently pursuing a Ph.D. in Education (ELT emphasis) at Universidad Distrital Francisco José de Caldas. He holds master’s degrees in Neuropsychology and Education (UNIR), Foreign Language Teaching (UPN), and Literary Studies (UN), as well as a B.Ed. in Spanish and Foreign Languages (English and French) from UPN and a degree in Linguistics from UN. His research interests include teachers' narratives, identities, pedagogic knowledge, Anglophone Caribbean literature, and the intersections between pedagogy, linguistics, and literary studies. He is also a member of the research group “Lenguajes, pedagogías y culturas” at Pontificia Universidad Javeriana.

Andrea Cardona-Márquez 

| Official spokesperson  

Is an English language teacher-educator in the B.A. in Foreign Languages with an Emphasis on English at Universidad Católica Luis Amigó and serves as the EduLab Amigó coordinator at the same institution in Manizales, Caldas. She holds a B.A. in Modern Languages and an M.Ed. in English Didactics from Universidad de Caldas. She has been a teacher trainer and spokesperson for several years in Colombia, the United States, and the United Kingdom. Her professional interests include teacher and student training in educational technologies, flipped learning, gamification, and the integration of AI in education. Her research focuses on the impact of fixed and growth mindsets in language learning. 

Lourdes Rey-Paba  

| Treasurer  

She is an experienced English language teacher, educator, and researcher, currently serving as Director of the Instituto de Idiomas at Universidad del Norte in Barranquilla, Colombia. She has taught at both undergraduate and graduate levels and has collaborated with the Colombian Ministry of Education on projects supporting the national bilingual program, including the design of a national curriculum. She has also worked with regional authorities to strengthen English programs in multiple schools. Her research focuses on curriculum design, teacher education, English language teaching and learning, and the internationalization of higher education. She has presented at national and international conferences, published her work, and is a member of the COLCIENCIAS-ranked research group “Language and Education.”

| Secretary   

Is an English language teacher-educator at Institución Universitaria Colombo Americana (ÚNICA) and a research assistant at Universidad de los Andes in Bogotá, Colombia. He is currently pursuing a Ph.D. in Education at Universidad de los Andes. He holds an M.A. in Applied Linguistics and a B.A. in Teaching English as a Foreign Language from Universidad Distrital. His research interests focus on inclusion, decolonial studies in English Language Teaching (ELT), and design in ELT. He is a member of the research groups “INNOBED” at ÚNICA and “Educación para el Bilingüismo y el Multilingüismo” at Universidad de los Andes.