Don Uy-Barreta has been teaching economics around the San Francisco Bay Area since 1999. Prior to joining academia, he previously worked as a portfolio analyst at Franklin Templeton Investments for nearly 12 years. His main interest is in macroeconomics and he is passionate in showing his students how to apply economic concepts by using global economic events. Don was previously a fellow under the Education Advisory Group at the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco. He was also a Stanford Global Studies EPIC fellow. He has guest lectured in the Philippines, Indonesia, and the United Kingdom on the topics of globalization and international trade. A former Executive Board Member at the Global Educators Network at Stanford University’s Global Studies Division, he has presented online on using data and data visualization to internationalize curriculum at the Global Studies Research Conference in Poland and in Spain. Don is most happy when he is traveling and adding to his collection of various currencies from all over the world which is a passion he wishes to leave to his daughter. He holds undergraduate and graduate degrees in economics.
