Our Story
The story begins in 1992 in the city of Morelia, Michoacán, México where María Guadalupe Magaña Alvarado and Rafael Lonngi Champion met for the first time in their lifetime-journey of educational endeavors. Rafael was 4 years old when María Guadalupe was his kindergarten teacher, and taught him reading, math and writing at María Guadalupe’s School, “Centro Pedagógico Torres Quintero.” 23 years later, in 2015, María Guadalupe and Rafael teamed up with a purpose in mind—to make these teaching methodologies available to every school teacher and everyone who wishes to teach reading, math, and writing in Spanish, as well as in Spanish as a second language. Hence, Sugled was born.
The picture above is from 1994, María Guadalupe holds Rafael Lonngi Champion on her left arm and her son Nizuniro on her right arm.
Our Mission
We believe one of the best ways to improve the world is through a solid education that starts as early as possible. We design and develop educational reading, writing and mathematics methods for school teachers and homeschooling parents, in Spanish and Spanish as a second language.
Both, María Guadalupe and Rafael Lonngi Champion are in the group picture. Can you find them?
Our Goal
Our goal is to become the leaders of humanistic educational methods in Spanish, for the Spanish Immersion sector in the United States, as well as other countries; in virtual, homeschooling and school environments.
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Every day, we work to fulfill our customers’ needs. From schools who want to implement our educational methods, to helping parents who want to provide their kids with Spanish reading, math, and writing skills that will persevere for rest of their lives!
“Para todo aquel que busca el camino que conduce al corazón del alumno.”
-María Guadalupe Magaña Alvarado
María Guadalupe Magaña Alvarado
Co-Founder & Educational Expert
María Guadalupe has 30+ years of experience in the education industry and has developed sophisticated humanistic educational methods that work in schools, online, and homeschooling. She is an Anthropologist by profession, and has devoted all her life as an educator. She has founded several schools of all school levels (Kindergartens, elementary, middle, and high schools). María Guadalupe has held many conferences where she provided training and motivation to many generations of school teachers, principals, school owners, and parents practicing homeschooling. Maria Guadalupe holds in-person and web-based seminars with our customers, to make sure all their technical and theoretical questions are answered. She also provides supervision, training, and on-going support to our Sugled teachers when needed.
