A Mango for the Teacher: Running the Beach and Running a School in Cancun's Early Days (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780615542232)

When Deborah Frisch finished her studies in Teaching English as a Second Language and found that New York City wouldn't keep her employed during its mid '70s budget crisis, she took off for Canc佖, Mexico. In that little town/construction camp of no more than 5,000 people, practically everyone she met wanted to study English. She founded a language school that ran for twenty-five years and served up to 450 students daily. But after thirteen years in Canc佖, for a multitude of reasons Frisch decided leave Canc佖 for the U.S. Along with her small son, she established a new life in Berkeley, California Frisch has been teaching ESL in California since 1988. For six years her students have been a great crowd of UC Berkeley Visiting Scholars and others at Albany Adult School. Two years ago she also began supporting foreign students at the Academy of Art in San Francisco. Under the umbrella of Xicalango Press, Frisch has developed and published games and materials for learning English. She often presents her work at teachers' conferences with bilingual children's author Rene Colato Lainez. At present she is at work on her first novel, a story of Mexican dance, archeology and intrigue.