Arriving into Quito in 3 days: Im looking for work ( I have over 20 years of Professional / International Experience) n Natural Health, Wilderness Skills Teaching/Guiding n or English Teaching

The OP states she had a US passport and said she had spent part of her life there but as has been stated English teachers are poorly paid. However if the OP had other teaching credentials which it seems she might not she could have possibly got a job teaching in one of the private schools..... Better to go with the alternative medicine idea and send resumes to some health spas and see if she cane get work there if she can't afford to set up her own business..

BTW she did say she has TEFL qualifications but from which organisation I don't know...

why do first worlders seem to prefer corrupt governments to 'facist' ones?

poetica, have you asked some of your questions to the SAE in Quito? they could probably answer a few, and may know of some networks you can tap into.

My wife and I have been living and working in Cuenca since January teaching English. True, we don't make much money, but we absolutely make enough money to live comfortably here. We both work about 25-30 hours a week teaching, and we have a nice apartment in a nice neighborhood (San Blas). We eat out about once a week and go out to bars with our friends on the weekend. True, we make only a fraction of what we made in the US, but our bills are non-existent, comparatively.
I guess all I'm trying to say is that, as opposed to what others seem to think, you can live well in Cuenca if you just accept the lifestyle is going to be different than that of the US/UK.