professors

Anthony Rodrigo Tueros Fernández

(Andahuaylas, Apurímac/Lima)

is a translation and interpretation student at the Universida Peruana de Ciencias Aplicadas in Lima. His mother tongue is Quechua and he holds an advanced certificate in Collao Quechua from the Ministerio de Cultura. Rodrigo has been teaching with the Collective since 2020.

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Douglas Cooke

(Brooklyn, NY)

is the director of education at the Quechua Collective. He is the author of Quechua Cusqueño, Year One and Quechua Cusqueño, Year Two. He has been teaching with the Collective since 2018.

 

Elva Ambía Rebatta

(Chincheros, Apurímac/Brooklyn)

was born in Huancavelica, Peru, and began learning Quechua as a child in Chincheros, Apurímac. She moved to the U.S. in the 1960s and founded the Quechua Collective in 2012. She is the author of Qoricha, a trilingual children's book, available from Barnes & Noble.

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Emma Vadillo Quesada

(Paris)

 is an editor and translator from France and Peru. She learned Quechua at NYU and INALCO. She has been teaching with the Collective since 2020.

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