Valerie Maduro has been a lecturer of General Education courses in the Organization, Governance and Management program and the Social Work and Development program in the Faculty of Arts and Science at the University of Aruba since 2012. These courses include Academic Reading and Writing and Writing and Presenting Research Reports. She is also involved as a co-lecturer and guest lecturer in multiple courses at OGM and SW&D including Research Lab, Professional Society Practice (PSP), Disciplinary Approaches, Quantitative Research (OGM), and Qualitative Research (SW&D). Besides teaching, she is involved in language policy development and serves in various program and faculty committees of the FAS and the UA. Valerie obtained her Master of Arts in English Language Acquisition in 2012 from Leiden University, the Netherlands. She also holds several teaching certifications including the Latin American Scholarship Program of American Universities (LASPAU) from Academic and Professional Programs for the Americas, a nonprofit organization affiliated with Harvard University, Academic learning certificate (ALC), and FAS Minitraining.