• Ph.D., Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, 1999
• M.R.E., Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, 1989
• M.S. in Adult Education, Florida International University, 1974
• B.A. in Business Education, Montclair State University, 1972

Previous Positions

• Guest Professor, Hispanic Summer Program, Princeton Theological Seminary, Summer 2000
• Guest Professor, Bible Institutes for the 21st Century Project, San Juan, Puerto Rico, Summer 2000
• Adjunct Faculty of Administration, Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, 1993-1999
• Graduate Assistant, Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, 1991-1999
• Educational Specialist for Business and Industry Services, Miami-Dade County Public Schools, Miami, Florida., 1989-1991
• Educational Specialist for Business Education, Miami-Dade County Public Schools, Miami, Florida., 1977-1986

Church Experience

• Conference Leader, nationally and internationally
• Associational Consulting Team member, Tarrant Baptist Association, Fort Worth, Texas
• Minister of Adults and Adult Sunday School Leaders' Training Coordinator, Templo Bautista Emanuel, Fort Worth, Texas
• Discipleship Director and teacher in churches in Miami, Florida and Fort Worth, Texas
• Adult Sunday School teacher in churches in Miami, Florida and Fort Worth, Texas
• Associational Coordinator of Single Adults, Hispanic Fellowship of Tarrant Baptist Association, Fort Worth, Texas

Publications

• “The Mantle of Mentorship” in Hispanic Christian Thought at the Dawn of the 21st Century, Abingdon Press, 2005.
• Contributor to The Westminster Dictionary of Theologians, Westminster John Knox Press, 2006.
• “Ministering Alongside Volunteers” in The Teaching Ministry of the Church, Second Edition, Broadman & Holman Publisher, 2008.

Honors

• HTI Fellow - Recipient of Hispanic Theological Initiative Dissertation Year Award and Scholarship, 1998-1999
• Recipient of the Albert and Ethel G. Marsh Scholarship Award, Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, 1994
• Who's Who Among Students in American Colleges and Universities, 1992-1993 and 1994-1995
• Recipient of the Fund for Theological Education (FTE) Hispanic-American Doctoral Scholarship, 1991 and 1992
• Recipient of the Elizabeth G. Price Award, Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, 1989
• Dean's List, Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, 1986-1989

Activities

• Advanced Studies in Christian School Leadership during the International Institute for Christian School Educators, Columbia International University, 2008
• Lecturer, Vision Trip to China, Kunming, China, Summer 2007
• Advisory Committee Member, Women in Leadership, Association of Theological Schools, 2004-2008
• Keynote speaker, Opening Convocation of the Biennial Assembly of the Associación para la Educación Teológica Hispana (Hispanic Theological Education Association), 2006
• Chairperson of the Executive Board, Asociación para la Educación Teológica Hispana (Hispanic Theological Education Association), 2002-2004; Vice Chairperson, 2000-2002; Council Member, 1998-2000
• Lecturer, Oxford Study Tour, Summer 2002
• Dissertation Award Series Selection Committee, Hispanic Theological Initiative, 2002
• Personnel Committee, Tarrant Baptist Association, 2000-2002
• Doctoral Scholarship Selection Committee, Hispanic Theological Initiative, 1999-2001

Memberships

• Asociación para la Educación Teológica Hispana
• Baptist Association of Christian Educators
• Baptist Religious Education Association of the Southwest
• International Association of Christian Schools Administrators
• North American Professors of Christian Education
• Southern Baptist Research Fellowship

Personal

• Spouse: Nelson Bolet, June 20, 1992
• Church Membership: Templo Bautista Emanuel, Fort Worth, Texas

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