Profe Ruiz, a new Spanish teacher, recently joined the South Windsor High School staff for the 2025-2026 school, due to a shortage of Spanish teachers.
He was born and raised in his native country of Mexico, but never visited other Spanish speaking countries. However, in the future Profe Ruiz plans to visit Panama, Costa Rica, and Peru.
Ruiz attended Ithaca college and majored in Sports Information and Communications, along with minoring in advertising. During his free time, he enjoys hiking and spending time with his friends and family.
After college, Ruiz worked in the corporate business sector and made a career change to teaching Spanish. He thought that his interest in Spanish would be awesome to help our future youth have the ability to be successful in a diverse country.
“One thing I’ve come to appreciate about students is that they always manage to meet or surpass targeted objectives even in the world language area,” Ruiz told The Prowl.
Ruiz attended Central Connecticut State University to get his masters degree, and graduated in 2020. After graduating, he spent a short time working at Cheney Tech Technical High School before coming to Timothy Edwards Middle School, where he has resided for the past for 4 years.
Profe Ruiz taught Spanish as a 6th grade Spanish teacher from the year 2021-2025 at Timothy Edwards Middle School. Ruiz had always had an interest in teaching Spanish at the high school level, and is excited to join SWHS for the 2025-2026 school year.
“Profe Ruiz is a very good teacher, and he always makes class fun,” Freshman Arnav Malpure said.
Being a new high school teacher, Ruiz is very helpful and wants his students to do well. He encourages his students to check their assignments on PowerSchool and complete their missing work as soon as possible.
“Profe Ruiz makes class entertaining, helping us learn in a fun way, “freshman Sameeksha Sajjana said.
Ruiz helps his students learn better by spending time with each of them and understanding their strengths and weaknesses. He creates a comfortable environment in the classroom by making his expectations clear to all, while promoting a positive environment.
“Profe Ruiz explains everything thoroughly, helping us have a better understanding of Spanish,” freshman Nibha Bala explained.
The difference between Ruiz’s experience of being a middle and high school Spanish teacher is that high school allows him to engage and have discussions at a higher level. Students are able to learn more Spanish than they did in middle school.
