STAFF & FACULTY DIRECTORY PROFILE
Roxana Taquechel-Chaigneau
Job Title:
Spanish Teacher
Department:
World Languages
Email:
Phone: (510) 577-9100
ext.
299
Started at O'Dowd:
2025
Degrees:
BA Hispanic Linguistics and Literature [University of Havana, Cuba]
MA Hispanic Lexicology [Real Academia Española de la Lengua, Spain]
MS Lexicology and Terminology [Charles de Gaulle University, Lille, France]
Ph.D. Linguistics [Sorbonne Nouvelle University, Paris, France]
Originally from:
Cuba
Why I Teach:
Because I am passionated about the process of learning and I believe in the power of education as a transformative and enriching experience.
Most powerful teaching technique:
Project based-learning
Why are the subjects you teach important?:
Because it helps to understand other ways of thinking, behaving, and doing, not only by learning about them, but by experiencing them through the process of acquiring the language.
Favorite quotes:
“The world is bigger than you, and if you want to succeed in it, you have to understand it.” Tayo Rockson
Favorite trivia:
Which American author wrote The Old Man and the Sea while living in Cuba?
Recommended visual media:
One Day
Recommended reads:
Educated, Borderlands/ La frontera, 21 lessons for the 21st century
Hobbies or outside interests:
Writing, climbing, decoration, renovation, board paddling, Upcycling, gardening