Jill Calderón
Director, UA Global Travel
Global Travel
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University Services Building
888 N Euclid Avenue
Tucson, AZ 85721
Jill completed her BA at Colorado State University in Creative Writing and her MA in Latin American Studies at the University of Arizona. After graduating with her undergraduate degree, she set out for Costa Rica where she worked at becoming fluent in Spanish while running her own business, Escuela Latina de Lenguas, S.A., a language school teaching English to Costa Ricans and offering service learning opportunities and Spanish language instruction to international visitors. While in Costa Rica, Jill had the opportunity to travel throughout Latin America. She came to Tucson from Costa Rica in 2000 to work at the UA and pursue her Master's degree. Currently, Jill serves as the Director of Global Travel, the office that oversees health, safety and security for all official UA international travel.