"One should learn language by using it to search for meaning. We have a great opportunity here at NUVHS to do just that."
--Britton Richie-Zavaleta
Britt graduated from the University of Redlands with a BA in Liberal Studies with a Math emphasis. He also attended school at the Center for Bilingual and Multicultural Studies in Morelos, Mexico and later studied at the Autonomous University of Morelos in Humanities. Britt has his credential in Spanish and a Bilingual Cross-Cultural and Language Acquisition Development Certification.
Britt started teaching Spanish at Grove High School in Redlands, a Montessori High school where the emphasis is on personal responsibility. He fell in love with teaching there and is a supporter of innovative education that reaches students where they are. As well as being a teacher at NUVHS, Britt also teaches English as a Second Language and repairs pianos.