Amy Contant (CLA '13), double major in Spanish Language Literature & Linguistics, and Speech Language Hearing Sciences. University of Oviedo, Spring 2011. Amy attended graduate school at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst and earned a masters degree in Communication Disorders in May 2015. After graduating from UMass Amy backpacked through Europe with friends, and had the opportunity to explore Amsterdam, Belgium, Berlin, Prague and Budapest. Amy has plans to travel as much as possible in her free time, including a return trip to Oviedo. Amy is currently working as a bilingual Speech Language Pathologist at Holyoke Medical Center in Massachusetts. She provides speech, language, and swallowing assessments and interventions for monolingual and bilingual (Spanish-English) individuals from birth to adult.

• Bilingual Speech Language Pathologist at Holyoke Medical Center.
• B.A. in Spanish in 2013​

Amanda Orme (CLA ’14), double major in Spanish and International Business. Amanda also studied abroad in Oviedo, Spain during the spring semester of her sophomore year. “During my last year at Temple I interned at Samuel Shapiro & Company which handles a range of activities surrounding importing and exporting for small to medium sized businesses. Shortly after graduating I began working full time as a Global Logistics Specialist at their headquarters in Baltimore. I coordinate the international freight for companies importing to the United States. My job involves designing a route for the cargo, pricing it and booking it with a carrier. I work across cultures and time zones with our partners located all over the world. In fact, my Spanish comes in handy when I have to work out a complex problem with one of our South American agents. Earlier this month, the company celebrated their 100-year anniversary with many of our agents in attendance. I had the opportunity to meet CEO's and upper management of the companies I work with from Switzerland, to China, to Peru.”

• Global Logistics Specialist at Samuel Shapiro & Company
• B.A. in Spanish in 2014

Brendan Conlin (CLA  ’07), Spanish Major. Mr. Conlin is Vice President of Education and Workforce Services at Congreso de Latinos Unidos, Inc., a multiservice nonprofit organization headquartered in Eastern North Philadelphia whose mission is to strengthen Latino communities through social, economic, education and health services; leadership development and advocacy. Mr. Conlin first joined Congreso in 2009 as an ESL Instructor. He took full advantage of the intensive learning environment the agency provided, and quickly rose to become Director of the E3 Center, which provides GED and work preparation for high school dropouts.

Today, in addition to serving as Vice President of Education and Workforce Services at Congreso, he represents the organization and the needs of ESL and low-literacy students on various boards, including the Adult Literacy Alliance, and manages its partnerships with the Mayor’s Commission on Literacy, Philadelphia Youth Network, Eastern State Penitentiary, Community College of Philadelphia, and other leading educational institutions. Mr. Conlin credits his degree in Spanish Language and Linguistics from Temple with giving him the foundation he needed to survive the streets of Oviedo, Spain and those in North Philadelphia. “I came to Congreso because I wanted to speak Spanish. I stayed because of the people and the diversity of things needed to empower and support students towards achieving their goals.”

• Vice President of Education and Workforce Services at Congreso de Latinos Unidos, Inc.
• B.A.in Spanish in 2007

Alexandra M. Forcucci (CLA '15) graduated Magna Cum Laude  with a double major in Spanish, and Risk Management and Insurance. Alexandra (Ali) works as Commercial Property Underwriting Analyst at AIG’s global headquarters, the No. 1 commercial insurer in the U.S. Commercial Property Underwriters in the Large Limits function leverage AIG's global position to provide coverage for accounts with $750 million of total insurable assets and up. Coverages include protection from comprehensive property damage and business interruption to terrorism and critical catastrophe coverage arising out of earthquake, flood and windstorm occurrences. Ali also participated in our Department promo video!

• Commercial Property Underwriting Analyst at AIG’s Global Headquarters
• B.A. in Spanish in 2015

• Lead at Sarona Asset Management
• Investment Committee Chairman for the Cordes Foundation
• B.B.A and Certificate in Business; Spanish and Latin American Studies