Johanna Gomez

With more than 17 years of experience in education, Johanna Gomez started out as a bilingual fourth grade teacher in Waukegan public schools while earning her Master’s degree in Education. While Johanna completed Bachelor’s degrees in Finance and Marketing, she knew her true calling was to the teaching field. After earning her Master’s degree and teaching license with bilingual and ESL endorsements, she went on to teach at Chicago Public Schools before joining independent schools at Gems World Academy in Chicago, teaching Spanish across grade levels in PYP, MYP, and DP for International Baccalaureate for more than ten years. Johanna sees her native language as a door that opens up opportunities and is enthusiastic about sharing the language and culture with her students. She encourages them to embrace their unique qualities and the differences in others in order to understand different perspectives. In her free time, she enjoys listening to music and singing Spanish karaoke with her family and friends.