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Charles Pollard Goff (born November 9, 1951 in Barranquilla, Colombia) is an American educator and founding member of Cemanahuac Educational Community, a Spanish language and Latin American culture school in Cuernavaca, Mexico.

Early Life
Charlie Goff was born in Barranquilla, Colombia, to James E. and Margaret Louise Pollard Goff. He spent his childhood and teenage years in Colombia, graduating from Colegio Nueva Granada in Bogotá in 1969. He then attended college, taking undergraduate courses at UC Santa Cruz, the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM), the Ibero-American University of Mexico City, and the State University of New York. He graduated from Cal State-Northridge with a Bachelor of Science in Anthropology, specializing in Mayan culture.

Cemanahuac
Goff is a founding member of |Cemanahuac Educational Community, a highly respected Spanish-language school in Cuernavaca, Mexico. Founded in 1975, Cemanahuac offers courses in Spanish language, Latin-American studies and [Mesoamerica|Mesoamerican] anthropology. Currently, over 2400 students from all over the world study at Cemanahuac every year, with over ninety colleges and universities from the United States accepting direct credit transfer from the school.

Goff currently serves as admissions coordinator for the school, as well as handling the school's finances, hiring and public relations. He also teaches several courses, is an active lecturer at the school, and oversees and conducts field studies.

Other Activities
In addition to coordinating field trips for Cemanahuac, Goff has used his extensive knowledge of Mexico and Central America to assist many other organizations with field studies, including Ohio State University, Elderhostel, the National Association of Editorial Writers, and the Land Improvement Contractors Association of America, along with several high schools. He has also served as keynote speaker for several bilingual education and social studies seminars, and is active in many professional organizations in these areas. He serves on the board of directors for |VAMOS, a charitable organization dedicated to helping the poor in the state of Morelos, Mexico.