{"id":6301,"date":"2023-03-27T10:53:42","date_gmt":"2023-03-27T10:53:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gng.org\/?p=6301"},"modified":"2026-05-13T11:13:35","modified_gmt":"2026-05-13T11:13:35","slug":"people-behind-the-mission-cindy-macedo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gng.org\/ar\/2023\/03\/27\/people-behind-the-mission-cindy-macedo\/","title":{"rendered":"People Behind the Mission: Cindy Macedo"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3d4d78a elementor-widget elementor-widget-theme-post-content\" data-id=\"3d4d78a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"theme-post-content.default\">\n<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n<div class=\"elementor elementor-10044\" data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"10044\">\n<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-32e37785 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"32e37785\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-639bf19a\" data-id=\"639bf19a\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a12476c elementor-icon-list--layout-traditional elementor-list-item-link-full_width elementor-widget elementor-widget-icon-list\" data-id=\"a12476c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"icon-list.default\">\n<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n<ul class=\"elementor-icon-list-items\">\n<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\"><i class=\"icon icon-id-card1\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i> <span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\"><b>Name:<\/b> Cindy Macedo<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\"><i class=\"icon icon-briefcase1\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i> <span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\"><b>Role:<\/b> Program Coordinator<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\"><i class=\"icon icon-map-marker\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i> <span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\"><b>Location:<\/b> Mexico<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-12d33eec elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"12d33eec\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>To launch its new Spanish language learning program, Global Nomads Group needed to find a master educator who was bilingual in Spanish and English and who embodied our core values. Cindy Macedo proved the ideal candidate.<\/p>\n<p>Cindy grew up in southern Mexico and later moved to Toluca, outside of Mexico City, to attend university. Her goal was to impart her excitement about world history to new generations of students as a social studies teacher.<\/p>\n<p>After earning a degree in history, she did become a teacher. But her path took an expected turn, leading her to teach English, rather than social studies. Cindy discovered how helping students learn a new language opens their minds to a whole new world of communication, compassion and cultural understanding.<\/p>\n<p>Her exceptional passion and effectiveness in the classroom became a model for others, as she began teaching other teachers. She worked as an educational consultant, providing training and professional development for English-language teachers.\u00a0Cindy is now bringing her bilingual fluency and educational leadership to bear in the piloting of one of Global Nomads Group\u2019s priority initiatives.<\/p>\n<p>Global Nomads Group prioritizes the accessibility of our programs, including by promoting language justice. For us, this means translating our programming so that educators and students are able to access learning experiences in the language they feel most comfortable communicating in. We now have course offerings in both Spanish and Arabic and have launched pilot programs to integrate our translated social justice programming into language learning classrooms in countries where these are the primary languages.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-328aa331 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"328aa331\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-6eade313\" data-id=\"6eade313\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1447497 elementor-blockquote--skin-quotation elementor-blockquote--align-center elementor-blockquote--button-color-official elementor-widget elementor-widget-blockquote\" data-id=\"1447497\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"blockquote.default\">\n<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n<blockquote class=\"elementor-blockquote\">\n<p class=\"elementor-blockquote__content\">\u201cWe\u2019re providing this opportunity to connect and practice with real native speakers. It\u2019s much better than the rote learning from audio recordings used in traditional language learning programs.\u201d<\/p>\n<footer><cite class=\"elementor-blockquote__author\">Cindy Macedo<\/cite><\/footer>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-783f94c0\" data-id=\"783f94c0\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-64d15ff3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"64d15ff3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-10046\" src=\"https:\/\/dev-global-nomads-group.pantheonsite.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/cindy-macedo-headshot-color-768x768.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dev-global-nomads-group.pantheonsite.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/cindy-macedo-headshot-color-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/dev-global-nomads-group.pantheonsite.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/cindy-macedo-headshot-color-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/dev-global-nomads-group.pantheonsite.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/cindy-macedo-headshot-color-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/dev-global-nomads-group.pantheonsite.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/cindy-macedo-headshot-color.jpg 1080w\" alt=\"Cindy Macedo headshot\" width=\"768\" height=\"768\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-278ab09f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"278ab09f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Cindy is Program Coordinator of a Spanish-language pilot program launched this school year that connects students in Mexico City (who are learning English) with students from Massachusetts and New York (who are learning Spanish). The young people are completing the Global Nomads Group\u2019s Overcoming Bias course and having authentic conversations about their lives, their communities, and their different perspectives on how bias impacts each person\u2019s worldview.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s very appealing to young people,\u201d Cindy says. \u201cThe US and Mexican students are studying each other\u2019s language. We\u2019re providing this opportunity to connect and practice with real native speakers. It\u2019s much better than the rote learning from audio recordings used in traditional language learning programs.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>This semester, a second cohort of students will be embarking on this journey, and Global Nomads Group is excited to incorporate the learning from this year-long pilot in a broader-reaching US\/Mexico program in the future.<\/p>\n<p>We are also looking to build on the success of this model to reach more youth in Spanish speaking countries, as well as to expand with other language translations and school partnerships to ensure youth everywhere have access to our transformative programming in their language of choice.<\/p>\n<p><em>Global Nomads Group\u2019s Student to World program is funded by the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.stevensinitiative.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.stevensinitiative.org\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1684331754832000&amp;usg=AOvVaw0CGOAwj0ZAyZJK692ouMSx\">Stevens Initiative<\/a>, which is housed at the Aspen Institute and is supported by the Bezos Family Foundation.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-7b39e14f elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"7b39e14f\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-2f8cff2\" data-id=\"2f8cff2\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6fd127d4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"6fd127d4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-487\" src=\"https:\/\/dev-global-nomads-group.pantheonsite.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Funding-Partners-8.png\" alt=\"Stevens Initiative logo\" width=\"292\" height=\"120\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-455ce044\" data-id=\"455ce044\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-598a380a elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"598a380a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-481\" src=\"https:\/\/dev-global-nomads-group.pantheonsite.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Funding-Partners-2.png\" alt=\"Aspen Institute logo\" width=\"201\" height=\"120\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-2e73acc0\" data-id=\"2e73acc0\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3a9af1d5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"3a9af1d5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-482\" src=\"https:\/\/dev-global-nomads-group.pantheonsite.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Funding-Partners-3.png\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 388px) 100vw, 388px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dev-global-nomads-group.pantheonsite.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Funding-Partners-3.png 388w, https:\/\/dev-global-nomads-group.pantheonsite.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Funding-Partners-3-300x93.png 300w\" alt=\"Bezos Family Foundation logo\" width=\"388\" height=\"120\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Name: Cindy Macedo Role: Program Coordinator Location: Mexico &nbsp; To launch its new Spanish language learning program, Global Nomads Group needed to find a master educator who was bilingual in Spanish and English and who embodied our core values. Cindy Macedo proved the ideal candidate. 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