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Mauricio Miraglia

Mauricio Miraglia was born in Rancagua, Chile, on October 8th, 1968. He grew up in a working class family. His father, Orlando was a miner and his mother, Leontina, was a dressmaker. Mauricio's elder siblings, Patricia Miraglia (1956-2009) and Orlando Miraglia were fundamental in his infancy; however, he grew up very much as an only child.

Mauricio attended Gabriela Mistral school and then Instituto O'Higgins where he finished highschool. He then pursued a degree in Linguistics and obtained the professional title of Teacher of English as a foreign language in 1994. He started his own business in 1993, The English Trading Post. With his classmate and friend, Maite Exposito, they founded this small language school which later in 2000 become Nova Language Consultants.

In 2001, Mauricio relocated in New York City, USA, with a Fulbright scholarship to pursue a masters degree in education and technology. He stayed in New York after graduation working for a Greyston Foundation, Project EXSEL, and the Institute of Learning Technologies at Teachers' College, Columbia University.

Mauricio returned to Chile in 2004 and joined Chile's Ministry of Education where he worked in the early years of the English Open Doors Program (Inglés Abre Puertas, PIAP).