Bunker Hill Community College

Meet the Staff

The Language Lab Staff

John Avellar
John Avellar has been a tutor at the Bunker Hill Community College Language Lab from the first day it opened.  He is a graduate of the University of Massachusetts at Boston, and has worked as an English teacher for many years.

 

Chris Carter
Christopher Carter has been working at BHCC for over two years and began teaching English and ESL courses. He is currently the BHCC language Lab coordinator and has been involved with its inception under Alessandro Massaro's leadership. As well as overseeing the lab's operations and academic support services, he also assists students and faculty in the lab. Helping students, teaching faculty, and creating a first class high-tech learning environment are his top priorities. He looks forward to meeting everyone who attends the lab.

Pamela D'Ambrosio
Pamela is a full-time BHCC student who is studying to become a Radiologist Assistant. She has been at BHCC since Fall 2007 and resides from Palermo, Italy. She assists faculty and students with various classes and homework assignments.

Carmen Magaña
Carmen Magaña recently joined the Language Lab staff as the Full-Time Bilingual Tutor.  She comes from a background in education and in the last 15 years has worked in area high schools and adult education programs teaching literacy, Spanish and English as a Second Language.  Carmen is available to help students improve their language skills in English, Spanish and French, and to support staff and students in the use of the technology available in the Language Lab.

Alessandro Massaro
Sandro Massaro is responsible for making the Lab become reality. He is the ESL Department Chair and assists with all aspects of the Lab's future direction. The Lab staff is appreciates all of his efforts in making the Lab what it is today.

Antonietta Palazzo
Antonietta has been a part-time volunteer in the Language Lab for the last two years. Antonietta is a Bunker Hill Community College alumna and received a degree in business administration with a minor in accounting 25 years ago. As an Italian speaker and an immigrant, Antonietta appreciates the support the Language Lab provides students learning a new language and is happy to answer questions related to services and technology available in the Language Lab.

Sentiana Prendi
Sentiana Prendi is an international student from Albania and her major is Business Concentration. She has been at BHCC since spring 2008. Also, she speaks Albanian, Greek and English. Sentiana is very patient and looks forward to answering the student's questions.

Jamie Simpson
Jamie has taught ESL & citizenship classes in the Boston area. He has a B.A. in French from U. Mass Boston, and is currently studying Spanish. He has lived in France, Guatemala and Spain, and is available Saturdays to help in with English, French, Spanish and basic computer use.