Olivia Michel Gallardo

Olivia Gallardo is a former teacher in the Montebello Schools in Southern California where she taught for 15 years. In her mid fifties she started on another adventure with her second husband Hank, whom she met in Los Angeles. Together they went north where Hank resided and she became a high school Spanish teacher for another five years.

Olivia loves teaching and learning. When Hank retired, they traveled throughout the United States and then some. Her interest in how students learn a second language got her back in the classroom and she received her Doctorate in Multicultural Studies in Children’s Literature from the University of San Francisco. She taught for 12 more years teacher education classes at California State University East Bay.

She has 4 grown children and now makes her home in Southern California.