Flor Gragera de León Cantero

Flor Gragera de León was awarded a J. William Fulbright scholarship for her doctorate studies in the US, where she discovered her love for teaching. She has coordinated courses and designed curriculum for and taught Spanish, as well as Literature and Cultural Studies, to a diverse group of students at Princeton University and at Rutgers University. In addition to teaching, she has been a consultant for UNESCO in its Paris headquarters, and has worked as a journalist for El País, El Mundo, Vocento group and other media. Flor has been teaching at IE since 2013 both at the graduate and at the undergraduate levels and, is, above all, passionate about learning. She currently serves as the IE Language Center Executive Director.

CORPORATE EXPERIENCE

• Executive Director, IE Language Center, since October, 2023

• Associate Director, Arts & Humanities Division (temporary), June - October, 2003

• Journalist and editor, El País, Spain, 2012 - 2017

• Consultant at the Youth Coordination Unit, UNESCO, París, France, 2000

ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE

• Adjunct Professor of Spanish, Humanities and Communication, IE University, Spain, since 2013

• Lecturer in Spanish, Princeton University, United States, 2004 - 2009

• Head of course, Princeton University, United States, 2006 - 2009

• Lecturer in Spanish, Literature and Cultural Studies, Rutgers University, United States, 2003 - 2006

ACADEMIC BACKGROUND

• Ph.D. in Comparative Literature, Rutgers University, United States, 2008

• MA in Journalism, Escuela de Periodismo. EL PAÍS (Universidad Autónoma de Madrid), Spain, 2013

• MA in Comparative Literature, University College London (UCL), University of London, United Kingdom, 1999

• BA in Communication (Journalism), University of Navarra, Spain, 1997