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Awards
- "Teacher of the Year" Nominated South Florida PGA Section 2007
- "Teacher of the Year" Nominated LPGA SE Section 2007
- "Top 50 Teachers in Florida" Golf Digest Magazine 2004/03
- "Teacher of the Year" LPGA SE Section 2002
- "Top 50 Teachers of the Year" Award Golf for Women Magazine 2005,04,03
- Sports Hall of Fame for Golf Inductee Glen Cove, N.Y. 2000
- PGA National Military Golf Trainer- Wounded Warrior Golf Project 2007
- J. Alvarez, Inc. Golf Consulting, President 1993 - present
- PGA Adjunct Faculty Member for The PGA's PGM Program 1997 - present
- FLA Sports Foundation Junior Golf Grant Advisory Member 2006 - present
- Guest appearances on The Golf Channel 2000 - present
- Guest features w/Peter Kessler XM Radio 2007/06
- Speaker "Golfers w/Disabilities" PGA
Merchandise Show Orlando, FL 2007/01
- Instructor for LPGA ADT Championship Clinic, Trump International Palm Beach 2006,04
- Instructor for PGA Teaching Workshop w/ Rick Martino and Darrell Kestner 2004
- Instructor for PGA Workshop Video Teaching Skills 2004
- Speaker for PGA Master Card Winter Education Series, "Junior Golf Development: How
Much and When"
- Golf Instructor for Women in Golf Magazine Clinic, Palm Beach, FL 2004/02
- Instructor for PGA Workshop Video Teaching Skills Workshop 2003
- Wrote segments for www.pgalinks.com "Teaching
Golf to Golfers w/Disabilities" 2002
- Published in "The Spirit of
Golf" and "A Different Game:
Golf after 50" 2002
- Speaker for Northern California PGA Section Teaching and Coaching Summit 2002
- Speaker for SFPGA Section Seminar 2002
- Nominated for "Professional
of the Year" SE Section 2000
- Nominated Soroptimist Women of the Year, S. Florida 2002
- Member: Selected for National Advisory Committee on Accessible Golf 2001-1996
- Speaker: 4 th & 7th International
Symposium on Therapeutic Recreation 2001&1995
- Speaker for Section Workshop on Accessible Golf, Delray Beach, FL 1999
- Lead instructor/facilitator for Teach the Teacher Workshop (training instructors how to teach the disabled) Denver, CO 1997
- Lead Instructor: LPGA Sprint Titleholders
Golf Clinic/Physically Challenged 1997
- First woman member of all-male varsity
team, Hofstra Univ. N.Y. 1997
- Tournament Director: Brighter Fairways
Classic Disabled Charity Golf Tourn.
1997-93
- Member: Board of Directors for Association
of Disabled American Golfers 1997-94
- Speaker: Florida Recreation and Parks
Annual Conference, Bonaventure, FL 1996
- Broward County Special Olympics (FL)
Steering Committee Member 1996
- Special Olympics Golf Coach 1998-
93
- Speaker: World Congress on Disabilities
Paralympics Games, Atlanta, GA 1996
- Accessible Golf Program for Physical
Therapists, Clemson University, SC 1996
- Speaker by invitation on Accessible
Golf: Clemson University, SC 1996
- Panel Participant on Accessible Golf:
Hilton Head, SC 1995
- Instructor: Accessible Golf Etiquette
Seminar/Golf Clinic, Denver CO 1995
- Director: South Florida PGA Section
Junior Golf Camp, FL 1995
- Instructor: LPGA Gillette Golf Clinic
for Women, Palm Beach, FL 1995
Upcoming Speaking Engagements
- Iowa PGA Section: Adaptive Golf Training
for PGA Golf Professionals
and soldiers Oct 2007
- American Veterans Adaptive Golf Clinic, Tampa, Florida Nov 2007
- Camp Jejune, North Carolina (training military and
soldiers coming back from Iraq/ Afghanistan)
TBA
- PGA Merchandise Golf Show Orlando, Florida Education
Series "Teaching
Golfers with Disabilities" Jan.
2008
- PGA of America Professional Golf Management
Program (training
golf professionals how to teach the game
of golf) 2008 North
Carolina, Penn State, Arizona
State Univ, Port
St. Lucie, FL
Education
- Master of Science in Sports Administration 1997 St. Thomas University, Miami, FL
- Bachelor of Science, Marketing 1991Barry University, Miami, FL
- PGA of America Class "A" Member in good standing since 1993
- LPGA Class "A" Member in good standing since 1995
- Attended Hofstra University, Hempstead, NY 1977-81
- Realtor G.R.I., Realty Executives Treasure Coast, Palm City, FL 2005
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"Teacher of the Year" Nominated South Florida PGA Section 2007 
