Ms. Gillis teaches Middle School Spanish and is the World Languages Department Chair at Hilton Head Prep. She graduated summa cum laude from Furman University. After college she volunteered for 18 months at the orphanage Nuestros Pequenos Hermanos in Miacatlan, Mexico, where she taught English and was a caregiver in an elementary boys’ dorm. She has also taught middle and upper school Spanish in Darlington, SC, and in Zermatt, Switzerland, and used her Spanish to volunteer with refugees on the US/ Mexico border. She was born and raised on the Island and loves being back with her husband, Humberto. When not at Prep, you can find her running, swimming, biking, walking, and kayaking around the island.