Dr. Franco has been at FSU since 2005. Before that he taught at Methodist University, was a bilingual teacher in Los Angeles County for seven years, taught Spanish at a community college in England and worked as an English instructor to middle and high school students in Spain. For nine years, Dr. Franco has been an invited scholar at the summer seminars offered by the Instituto Cervantes at the University of Almería (Spain). He has earned teaching credentials in Spain, England, California and North Carolina, and has been the coordinator of the Spanish Education program at FSU since 2005.