Dan Pia
High School Spanish Teacher at Hillcrest High School
Orem, Utah, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolDan Pia is an experienced Spanish educator and language professional with over a decade teaching introductory Spanish at both high school and university levels in Orem, Utah. He pairs a Master of Arts in Teaching from USC with a BA in Spanish, bringing classroom-tested pedagogy and curriculum development experience to secondary and postsecondary students. Prior roles in customer support, technical software support, and as a paralegal have honed his skills in client communication, CRM data entry, and managing difficult interactions—skills he leverages to create a calm, structured learning environment. He has developed and delivered company-wide training seminars and assisted in onboarding new staff, evidence of his aptitude for teacher training and mentorship. Comfortable with technology tools like Siebel and practice management software, he integrates practical tech fluency into language instruction. Colleagues note his rare combination of classroom grounding and cross-industry service experience, which helps him translate real-world scenarios into engaging language lessons.
11 years of coding experience
Master of Arts in Teaching, Single Subject Teaching, Master of Arts in Teaching, Single Subject Teaching at University of Southern CaliforniaBrigham Young UniversityBachelor of Arts (B.A.), Spanish, Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), Spanish at Utah Valley University
English, Spanish, French, Portuguese
Github Skills (17)
bazel-rules10
vue10
javascript9
typescript9
bazel9
react9
frontend9
flutter3
prismic3
vuex3
vue-router2
react-native2
android2
jekyll2
purescript1
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
No-Plans/local-list
Oct 2018 - Nov 2018
Contributions:21 commits, 23 pushes, 1 branch in 2 days
No-Plans/Long-Tall-Sally
Aug 2015 - Sep 2015
Contributions:1 PR, 49 pushes, 1 branch in 19 days
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