Executive Director
1EdTech Foundation
Port Saint Lucie, Florida
Beatriz began her career as a teacher in Peru. After completing her MFA, she was a tenured art professor at Seton Hill University, where she first saw technology’s potential to expand learning opportunities through blended and online courses for non-art majors. Her interest in technology-driven education led to leadership roles in higher education administration at Texas A&M University, Blinn College, and the University of Houston (UH). At UH’s College of Technology, Beatriz served as Head of Education Production and Outreach, where she built and led the college’s online and graduate course design team, and developed industry certifications and continuing education programs.
After UH, she moved into the private sector as a Global Senior Instructional Designer in the oil and gas industry and later returned to K–12 education as Director of IT and EdTech for the Houston Independent School District (HISD). Subsequent roles included Senior Global Education Advisor at itslearning, Inc. and Senior Instructional Designer in AWS Training and Certification, where she designed the Architecting and Advanced Architecting on AWS global courses. Beatriz has delivered keynotes and consulted with education leaders across the U.S., Germany, Norway, South Africa, and China. She joined 1EdTech in October 2021, bringing her extensive experience bridging education and industry to advance digital learning innovation. Education: Beatriz holds a double major in Education and Art from the Catholic University of Peru and a Master of Fine Arts from the University of Kentucky.
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