At NILI we believe in high quality academics. Our faculty and staff have a passion for teaching and will challenge you as you strive to achieve your goals in learning the Spanish language.
Angel Sigui
Director of NILI
Angel is a missionary in the North Andean Field. Before his current assignment he worked as the senior translator for Global Communications for the Nazarene Global Ministry Center in Lenexa, Kansas. He has over 20 years of experience in the areas of interpretation and translation for different industries such as medical, legal, business, and theology. He was born in Guatemala where he attended music school and graduated as a music teacher.
Andréa Hopster
Program Administrative coordinator
Andréa is a missionary with the Church of the Nazarene on the North Andean Field. She has worked in a variety of administrative roles across several industries gaining experience in adapting to many different organizational cultures. She has a passion for languages and learning about other cultures which led her to obtain bachelor’s degrees in Intercultural Studies and Spanish at Mount Vernon Nazarene University. During her undergraduate studies, she was able to study abroad both in Brazil and Costa Rica. These experiences deepened her love of living and working cross-culturally. She also has a master’s degree in Linguistics and Biblical Languages and is finishing a TESOL Certificate, both from Biola University.
ADRIANA PEÑAFIEL
Spanish Faculty
Adriana holds a Bachelor in Educational Science with a focus on Language and Literature in the Technical University of Loja. She holds a Bachelor in Theology from the South American Nazarene Theological Seminary and has a high school degree in Electricity. She has obtained her educational experience as Assistant to the Dean of Students at the Nazarene Seminary, as a secular tutor, and in working with a Compassion International Project within a Church of the Nazarene. Adriana has been teaching at NILI since 2011.