Brian O’Connor

Brian is a passionate bilingual social studies educator that currently works at Colegio Nueva Granada in Bogota, Colombia. As an anthropologist from the University of Iowa interested in ethno botany and Latin American studies, Brian spent much time studying in Mexico and Colombia. After a few years studying abroad, teaching, and social work he entered the MAT in social studies teaching at Lewis and Clark College, Portland, OR. After three years teaching US and World History in Spanish in Woodburn, Oregon, Brian and his wife Marta moved back to Colombia in 2007. Brian makes sustainability part of the curriculum in his AP Human Geography and AP Seminar courses, as well as the PGC class inspired by this amazing program. Brian enjoys working at the school where his two sons attend, his wife works, and has a bio diverse campus that have inspired many student-led projects over these past 18 years here.