Alicia González Opazo

Mrs. Alicia Gonzalez Opazo, Chilean, graduated as an Elementary School Teacher in 1924 from Concepción Normal School, in Concepción, Chile, South America.

In the year 1933 she attended the yearlong School Models' Course in the Normal School "Jose Abelardo Núñez" (Santiago of Chile, South America). During her professional career she received took various refresher courses of improvement, regarding prevailing reading-writing systems of the 30s and 40s.

Between 1929 and 1930, she started working on the "Light" System of reading-writing and its systematic application from 1933 to date.

With the application of her system, especially in children with school failures (repeating a year or more) and dyslexics, the author has a personal registration, difficult to equal, dear of more than 3.300 students that, in her entirety, they have learned reading and writing abilities.

Her extensive experience in the field of the reading and writing, is demonstrated in her professional career of more than 70 years, 41 of which she spent teaching First Grade. It can be safely said that her experience makes her a veritable authority on teaching reading and writing skills as well as how to overcome dyslexia, in terms of results and periods of acquisition of these abilities.

Mr. Nelson Olaf Gonzalez, is a Chilean Agricultural Engineer as well as an Environmental Audit, under ISO 14.000 Standards, in the fields of Training, and internal and external communication.

He attended post-grade Adult Training Courses, and he exhibit a solid experience in Program design and teaching Training Courses in the areas of Irrigation Engineering and Irrigation Systems & Drainage, Conservation of Natural Resources, Environmental Management, and Evaluation of Environmental Impacts, Environmental Information Systems, Managerial Creativity, Mass Communication, Campaigns of Image and Programs of specific Training.

Awarded by the Interamerican Press Award (1993) by the Interamerican Institute of Agricultural Cooperation of the Organization of American States, in San Salvador, El Salvador, C.A..

He speaks English and French, as well as Spanish, his native language.

Under direct supervision of Alicia Gonzalez O., Mr. González wrote, analyzed and edited the entire book. He has a gift for writing (as technical and creative writer), as can be demonstrated by numerous technical publications and its professional formation and experience, in charge of several Courses, related to adult education, organization of Seminars, Courses and Conferences of instruction. He has over 25 years of experience in the "Light" System. He has applied the system to more than 10 peasants, in Chile as well as in El Salvador, C.A.