Patricia began her career in the educational field at the age of 17 when she substituted for 3 months at the Ana Paredes de Alfaro Municipal School where she worked for 10 years. She was rector of the American School of Guayaquil for more than 20 years, a professor at Brookdale Community College, Blue Hill College and the Catholic University of Santiago de Guayaquil. She has a PhD in Educational Research and Planning, Master in Family Educational Consulting, Lcda. in English Language and Linguistics and Master in Human Talent Management. She was the first president of CORPEDUCAR and is currently president of the “Teaching to Learn” Foundation (FUNEAP). She has received the following recognitions: • “For educational merit”, awarded by CONFEDEPAL, April 2002; • “For labor merit”, awarded by the Ministry of Labor and Human Resources, May 2002; • “To the Guayaquil woman”, awarded by the MI Municipality of Guayaquil, March 2013; • She was designated an Illustrious Citizen by the Núcleo del Guayas House of Culture (2016); • Received the “Awards” recognition, awarded by Education Magazine in 2017. She is an active member of the Rotary Club – Guayaquil; she recently received the Paul Harris Fellow award for her work to benefit understanding and friendly relations between the peoples of the world. Since 2015, she has served as Rector of the Liceo Panamericano. Her main purpose in management has been to strengthen bilingualism and implement several pedagogical innovation projects, in addition to promoting the ISO/EFQM and IB Continuum quality management systems. She has 2 married daughters, 3 grandchildren; she likes to read, go to the beach, take care of his garden and spend time with her family. Her favorite writers are Joan Brady, Paulo Coelho, Steven Covey and Isabel Allende.