Esthela Núñez Schnee

Professional/Academic Experience

At the age of ten, Esthela Núñez Schnee immigrated from Mexico with her parents. With a passion for helping others; Esthela developed her career as a working professional, and embraces her artistic talent through writing, painting, and photography.

Esthela’s professional role as a fluent bilingual/bicultural Human Resources Manager with over 20 years in the industries of consumer goods and food manufacturing are highlighted by her skills in recruiting, developing, and retention of employees. Her expertise in corporate adherence to labor laws, safely regulations, and creating an inclusive work environment are instrumental in talent acquisition and management, compensation and employee benefits, training and development, compliance, and workplace safety, which are critical for the success of the organizational structure and the ability to meet business needs effectively by managing the employee life cycle. From wide scope employment guardianship to cultural concerns, Esthela has played a crucial role in creating a cohesive environment for employees and management alike.

Esthela’s professional career is punctuated by her enthusiasm for teaching as a Business College Instructor, which includes courses in business administration and management, including accounting, finance, human resources, labor and industrial relations, marketing, and operations research. In addition to instruction, Esthela supervises students’ lectures, demonstrations, discussion groups, laboratory workshop sessions, seminars, case studies, field assignments and independent or group projects, while developing curriculum and preparing teaching materials and course outlines.

On the creative side, Esthela uses her pen name (Esthela Núñez Franco) as the author of several children’s books: BreezyGirl, Breezy & Esthela with Friends: Coloring & Activity Book, A Day with Mom, Grandpa is Happy, and the upcoming My Uncle is Sick. As evidenced by her love of horses, Esthela is an avid equestrian, and her social media often depicts her with horses. Her creativity through children’s books side-stepped in 2021, when she debuted as a contributing author in A Path to Purpose: Seven Inspired Stories to Find Your True North. Most recently, Esthela has published Seven Stories for My Father: Letters of Love and Legacy, a heartfelt journey in both English and Spanish; memories of her father and the profound impact he had on her life.

Esthela believes everyone has a story - some are just courageous enough to share it. She has taken a leap of faith and is currently writing a nonfiction account of living with a medical diagnosis and the challenges that come with establishing a healthy lifestyle. Wisdom, Love, and True Grit, has become the biggest challenge of her life, where academic intelligence does not apply; it only requires the presence of heart and soul.

Between the structure of business and the self-expression of creativity, Esthela has found that teaching business courses at Northeastern Junior College helps her to combine verbal and visual explanations, “big picture” versus detail-oriented approaches, and allows students the opportunity for active learning and reflection. She has discovered that she loves asking difficult questions to engage students, and teaches to continue her own learning.