Suzie Hester is the director of the HCPS Center for Spanish Language and Global Citizenship. She came to J.R. Tucker High School in 2017. Mrs. Hester attended Texas Christian University, where she earned a bachelor’s degree in education. She has an endorsement in Spanish after living and studying in Madrid at the Complutense University of Madrid and Cervantes Institute. Mrs. Hester worked in Chesterfield County for 19 years as a Spanish teacher and has presented at the Foreign Language Association of Virginia Conference.
Mrs. Hester has lived in Belgium and Spain, and her three biological children were born abroad. Upon returning to the United States she and her husband adopted another child. She has traveled abroad with students many times and loves experiencing cultures firsthand, and hopes to pass that excitement on to her students. Mrs. Hester teaches the newly aligned elective courses for the 10th, 11th and 12th grade Immersion students. She also teaches and organizes the field experience opportunities, to enable all Center students to use their language skills outside the classroom.