Maria Angeles Rodriguez Manzanares is a lecturer in the Department of French and Spanish and Faculty of Education at Memorial University of Newfoundland, Canada. She completed a Ph.D. in Education at Memorial University of Newfoundland as well as a Master of Arts in English Degree and a Master of Education Degree in Curriculum, Teaching, and Learning (Second Language Education specialization). She previously received a Bachelor of Arts Degree and a Graduate Diploma in Postcolonial Studies from the University of Barcelona, Spain. She has designed online courses and conducted research and published in the areas of online learning and international students as well as second/foreign language education.