Our Taíno Tour Team consists of:

1) Dr. Lynne Guitar, a Fulbright Fellow who earned a Ph.D. in History and Anthropology from Vanderbilt University. Her fields of study are the Taínos, inter-relationships among Amerindians, Africans, and Europeans on Hispaniola in the 16th Century, and Dominican popular culture.
E-mail: inf@studentservicesdr.org , agencydr@yahoo.com

2) Alyssa Johnson, who earned a B.S. in Environmental Science and Environmental Tourism from Western Washington University. She has worked for more than six years in Latin America, the Caribbean, and the Pacific Northwest in the areas of sustainable tourism, wildlife conservation, project management, documentary video production, and website development.
E-mail: inf@studentservicesdr.org, agencydr@yahoo.com

3) Severino Polanco, a native Dominican who speaks fluent Spanish, English, French, and Italian. He has a Licenciatura (B.A. equivalent) in Languages and another in Tourism and Hotel Administration, as well as five years of special training and experience through Politur, the branch of the Dominican military police that specializes in keeping the country safe for tourism.
E-mail : severinopolanco@yahoo.com, agencydr@yahoo.com

4) A variety of local experts, including professional artists, architects, ornithologists, botanists, geographers, archaeologists, etc., as needed, and, most importantly, a group of dynamic young university students and professionals from the Centro Cultural Turístico Guanín (see www.guanin.org for more info).

SAS Travel and Tours
Tel (829) 875-4599, Fax Toll Free (888) 845-3110
Zip Code: Apartado Postal Z-077 RD.
Email, agencydr@yahoo.com or inf@studentservicesdr.org