COLFUTURO Yearbook Selection 2026

Education Diana Patricia Pineda Montoya Full Professor in the Services and Extension Section Universidad de Antioquia Ph.D. in Teaching, Learning, and Culture from the University of Texas at El Paso (United States); Master’s degree in Applied Linguistics for Teaching English as a Foreign Language from the University of Jaén (Spain); and Bachelor’s degree in Foreign Language Teaching from Universidad de Antioquia. Elida Amparo Giraldo Gil Full Professor in the Department of Pedagogy Universidad de Antioqui a COLFUTURO recipient, 2004. Ph.D. in Education, with an emphasis on Curriculum and Instruction and a specialization in Women’s Studies, from Southern Illinois University (United States); M.A. in Education and B.A. in Education (with an emphasis on English and Spanish) from Universidad de Antioquia. Specialist in English Language Teaching from Pontificia Universidad Bolivariana. Paula Andrea Echeverri Sucerquia Full Professor at the School of Languages Universidad de Antioquia COLFUTURO recipient, 2007. Ph.D. in Education, with a focus on Curriculum and Instruction, and M.A. in Education, with a focus on Teacher Leadership, from Southern Illinois University (United States). B.A. in Foreign Language Teaching from the School of Languages at Universidad de Antioquia. Román Eduardo Sarmiento Porras Full Professor, School of Economics and Business Universidad Autónoma de Bucaramanga COLFUTURO recipient, 2009. Ph.D. in Education and M.A. in Curriculum and Instruction from Southern Illinois University Carbondale (United States); specialist in Networks and Telecommunications and systems engineer from Universidad Autónoma de Bucaramanga. COLFUTURO 46