President: Jessica Santiago
jessica.santiago@nbexcellence.org
Jessica Santiago (she/ella) teaches Spanish at New Berlin West Middle/High School and is celebrating her 24th year in education. She is passionate about travel and leads international student trips, providing transformative global experiences. Jessica currently serves as President of AATSP-WI, is a member of the WAFLT Board, and participates in ACTFL as an Emerging Leader in LILL (Cohort 4). Her achievements include being named a 2020 Kohl Educational Foundation Fellow, receiving the 2024 WAFLT Recognition of Merit Award, contributing curriculum projects for the UWM American Geographical Society Library and UW-Michigan in collaboration with the University of Puerto Rico’s Global Curriculum Development Program, and being honored as the 2025 DPI Global Educator of Wisconsin. In addition to teaching Spanish, Jessica instructs UW-Milwaukee’s dual enrollment course, Intro to Teaching, and serves as Advisor for Educators Rising in her school district. Outside the classroom, she enjoys spending time outdoors with her bilingual family in Milwaukee, embracing festivals, art, and music.
Past-President: Vacant
President-Elect: Alix Madden
maddeale@pittsville.k12.wi.us
Alix Madden teaches Spanish levels 1 to 6 at Pittsville High School, a small public school in the geographic center of the state. She graduated in 2012 from UW-Stevens Point with a Spanish Secondary Education Major and a Biology minor. During her undergraduate studies, she spent a semester in Valladolid, Spain. She also spent three weeks in Costa Rica studying Tropical Ecology. Alix enjoys teaching in a small district where she sees her students progress through all levels. She has led trips to Costa Rica, Guatemala, and Panamá. She serves as the International Club advisor and Global Scholars Program Coordinator. In her summers, Alix enjoys camping, hiking, traveling, and spending time with her husband and two children.
Secretary: Adam Bosetski
adam.bosetski@nbexcellence.org
Adam studied Spanish and History Education at the University of Wisconsin Eau Claire. While attending Eau Claire, he lived and studied in Valladolid, Spain for a semester. After graduating, Adam received a Fulbright English Teaching scholarship to teach English at La Universidad del Atlántico in Barranquilla, Colombia. Adam has also worked at Concordia Language Villages El Lago del Bosque as both a Camp counselor and Credit teacher. It was at this camp that he met his future wife Carolina, a native Bogota, Colombia resident. Currently, Adam works for the School District of New Berlin where has led and chaperoned multiple trips abroad. In addition to his leadership skills at New Berlin he also serves as a bilingual translator at his local church. In his spare time Adam enjoys traveling to Colombia to spend time with family, traveling in general, hiking with his wife, reading, and staying active outside.
Treasurer: Vacant – interested in volunteering? Email jessica.santiago@nbexcellence.org.
Interim Treasurer: Alix Madden, maddeale@pittsville.k12.wi.us
Webmaster: Josh LeGreve
joshlegreve@gmail.com
Josh LeGreve (he/him/él) is a 2nd through 12th grade Spanish teacher and IB Diploma Program Coordinator at Green Lake School District, a small, public International Baccalaureate World School. He additionally serves the district as the MYP Community Project co-coordinator and the Wisconsin Global Scholars Program school coordinator. He holds a BA in Spanish and physics with a minor in secondary education from Ripon College. Josh has served the Wisconsin Association for Language Teachers (WAFLT) as advertising manager for the last 10 years, as WAFLT president for 2015-2016, as WAFLT Fall Conference Co-Chair from 2019-2020, and as WAFLT Secretary from 2024-2025. Josh is also a member of the Wisconsin FLESFEST planning committee and was a writing team member for the recently revised Wisconsin State Standards for World Languages. Josh also served as Local Liaison for CSCTFL 2018 in Milwaukee and served on the Central States Board of Directors from 2020-2024.
SHH Coordinator: Jessica Swemke
swemkej@mpsd.school
Jessica Swemke is a National Board Certified Teacher who is passionate about creating global connections for her students and providing them with opportunities to connect with peers around the world. She is a UWEC graduate who, during her junior year, studied abroad in Spain at the Universidad de Oviedo. Jessica has been teaching Spanish at Lincoln High School in Manitowoc since 1997 and primarily teaches Spanish 4 through IB Spanish / Spanish 6. She also began teaching College Credit in High School (CCIHS) Spanish five years ago. Jessica is a 2006 Kohl Educational Teacher Fellow and was also awarded a US Department of State Fellowship to participate in the 2012 Uruguay Educator Exchange Program. Over the years, she established partner school relationships with schools in both Cornellá de Llobregat and Logroño, Spain. She has also organized partner school exchanges and led students on study trips to Spain on eight different occasions as well as chaperoned student trips to Costa Rica, Argentina and Germany. Jessica currently serves as the MPSD World Language Student Learning Liaison for grades 9-12 and Global Scholars Program Coordinator. She is also the advisor of the Global Connections Club and the Asturias chapter of the Sociedad Honoraria Hispánica at Lincoln High School.
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