Escuela Cooperativa is excited to have three outstanding teachers. Marthita joined us in 2020 as the master teacher.
Nancy Ley Hernandez Torres is the assistant teacher for both the 9:00-2:00 program and the after school English language program.
Evelia Padilla joined the team in September 2019 to develop and lead the afterschool English language program

Meet Our Teachers

Marthita San Jos

Marthita is a licensed psychologist who received her degree from the University Autonomous of Nayarit. She is currently working on a master’s degree in psychotherapeutic interventions. She has taught at both the elementary and high school levels and developed workshops for parents and children who have faced disciplinary challenges. Marthita has provided social services at the Primary Care Center in Addiction where she worked with families through workshops, individual therapies, and summer courses.

​Marthita recently developed learning kits for the families of Escuela to help them during the pandemic. She scheduled individual appointments with each family where she provided instructions on how to use the kits.

Evelia Padilla

Evelia Padilla is a lover of the sea and nature. She loves learning new things and being able to share the knowledge she has. The universe has given  her the opportunity tor work as a language teacher, and she is even more grateful to life because she works with children. Children are people  eager to learn and we adults have a great responsibility to teach them good and productive things. She is excited to be on the Escuela team.

Nancy Ley Hernandez Torres

​Nancy is a teacher of the heart, of vocation more than a title. She loves children, to see and accompany them in all their achievements and stages. She is originally from Mexico City and has lived in Sayulita since 2015. Nancy is the mother of two young children, an older sister of four brothers and an aunt of twelve nephews! She has worked with children her whole life starting as a baby sitter at 15 years old. In Sayulita, she is also known as a nanny.

Going Above and Beyond

Throughout the course of Covid-19, our teachers have gone above and beyond in keeping our students safe without compromising their learning. They have been innovative in recreating activities, schedules and lessons.

In addition to sending out learning kits, the teachers are working with small groups of children at the school. Four days a week, different groups of six children come with their masks on to play and engage in instructional activities.