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***Intermediate and above***
Tue September 30, 2025
2pm ET | 1pm CT | 12pm MT
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Laura Mendez
Academic Director
I've been a teacher for several years, and one of the most fulfilling aspects is not just witnessing my students' progress in knowledge, but knowing that they use the language in practical ways to achieve their aspirations - whether it's conversing with their Mexican relatives, traveling and understanding what's happening around them, building better relationships with clients, colleagues, or collaborators, and more.
As a team, our goal is to help our students reach their objectives. Simultaneously, we aim to teach in a friendly and approachable manner. In our classes, we'll delve into practical aspects of the language, covering everyday expressions to cultural nuances that make Spanish so unique. I'm here to guide you every step of the way, ensuring you enjoy every moment of the learning journey.
Let's work together to make your language-learning experience both enriching and enjoyable! Welcome to our Spanish learning adventure!
Stacy Richter
CEO
I am inspired by ordinary people accomplishing extraordinary things. Every person has their own hero story and I get inspired when that hero story gets its chance to shine. Not all heroes wear capes or save people from a burning building. Any step a person takes that makes the world just a little bit better makes them a hero. Volunteering some time, buying a coffee, and even just a well-timed smile with a hello can change someone’s day. That’s heroic.
That’s probably why I love what we do. Helping others to learn another language AND understand the culture gives them a chance to make a real connection that might not otherwise happen. That feeling that someone gets when they begin to understand Spanish, German, English or any other language is indescribable.
I know because I am not just the CEO, I am also a student.
Carlos Lobo
Academic Ambassador
¡Hola! My name is Carlos and I am a native speaker of Spanish from Venezuela, although I currently live in Bogotá, Colombia.
I am certified to teach Spanish by the University of Maryland-Baltimore. I have degrees in English as a Second Language and Hispano-American Literature from the Universidad de los Andes.
I have taught languages for more than 13 years to students of all ages and levels, from Germany, Portugal, France, Italy, Korea, the United States, Canada, and more.
I specialize in customized classes for test preparation (DELE), professional Spanish, Spanish for tourism, Spanish for business, medical Spanish, Spanish for teachers, and Spanish for priests.
Outside of teaching, I love dancing salsa and cooking. I enjoy watching movies and TV, especially series like “The Stranger Things” or “Buffy the Vampire Slayer.” I also enjoy walking and hanging out with friends.
See you in the 3-Day Challenge!
Julieth Ramirez
Group Class Coordinator
¡Hola! My name is Julieth Ramírez and I am a native speaking Spanish Teacher from Bogotá, Colombia.
Julieth has been Head of the Language Department for 3 years at the company Educativa Minuto de Dios, at the Liceo Mayor School, and was Head of the English Department at the Cambridge School.
In these roles, her responsibilities included following up on students' progress and providing feedback and assistance to the team of teachers.
Julieth has worked as a language teacher for over 7 years and has provided classes to students from 11 years and up. She has experience working with private and corporate students from many nations worldwide.
Bachelor's degree in languages: English and Spanish from the Universidad Pedagógica Nacional.
Diploma in pedagogy and didactics of Spanish as a foreign language from the Instituto Caro y Cuervo.
Master's degree in applied linguistics of Spanish as a foreign language from Pontificia Universidad Javeriana.
Carlos Lobo
Academic Ambassador
¡Hola! My name is Carlos and I am a native speaker of Spanish from Venezuela, although I currently live in Bogotá, Colombia.
I am certified to teach Spanish by the University of Maryland-Baltimore. I have degrees in English as a Second Language and Hispano-American Literature from the Universidad de los Andes.
I have taught languages for more than 13 years to students of all ages and levels, from Germany, Portugal, France, Italy, Korea, the United States, Canada, and more.
I specialize in customized classes for test preparation (DELE), professional Spanish, Spanish for tourism, Spanish for business, medical Spanish, Spanish for teachers, and Spanish for priests.
Outside of teaching, I love dancing salsa and cooking. I enjoy watching movies and TV, especially series like “The Stranger Things” or “Buffy the Vampire Slayer.” I also enjoy walking and hanging out with friends.
Belen Colom
Student Advisor
¡Hola! My name is María Belen Colom and I am a native speaking Spanish Teacher from Buenos Aires, Argentina.
At 16 years old, I started teaching as a volunteer teacher in disadvantaged neighborhoods. There I discovered my passion for teaching.
After high school, I studied for a Bachelor's Degree in Philosophy and won a Scholarship to study Modern Philosophy in Trieste, Italy. After graduating, I became a high school teacher, Philosophy researcher, and university professor at the Universidad del Salvador.
I taught Sociology and Philosophy until 2018 when I decided to move to Australia to live new experiences. In that year I studied a specialization in Spanish as a second language and start working as a Spanish teacher online.
After almost 2 years, I decided to move back to Buenos Aires, with my family and friends and have since been working as a full-time online teacher whilst at the same time studying for a postgraduate degree in Education and New Technologies.
Carlos Lobo
Academic Ambassador
¡Hola! My name is Carlos and I am a native speaker of Spanish from Venezuela, although I currently live in Bogotá, Colombia.
I am certified to teach Spanish by the University of Maryland-Baltimore. I have degrees in English as a Second Language and Hispano-American Literature from the Universidad de los Andes.
I have taught languages for more than 13 years to students of all ages and levels, from Germany, Portugal, France, Italy, Korea, the United States, Canada, and more.
I specialize in customized classes for test preparation (DELE), professional Spanish, Spanish for tourism, Spanish for business, medical Spanish, Spanish for teachers, and Spanish for priests.
Outside of teaching, I love dancing salsa and cooking. I enjoy watching movies and TV, especially series like “The Stranger Things” or “Buffy the Vampire Slayer.” I also enjoy walking and hanging out with friends.
See you in the 3-Day Challenge!
Yoseline Hernandez
Spanish Tutor
Hola! My name is Yoselin, I'm a native Spanish speaker from Cartagena de Indias, in Colombia.
I have a degree in Linguistics and Literature from Universidad de Cartagena, and I'm certified teacher of Spanish as a Foreign Language.
During my work experience we had a series of "tertulias" in which after reading and analyzing different study materials, we socialized and discussed the methodologies adopted over time for Teaching Spanish as a Foreign Language. This space was very important because we were able to ground the different theories in our context and analyze their usefulness in today's classroom.
In addition, during my undergraduate studies, I was instructed in each of the language's levels: syntactic, morphological, semantic and pragmatic; as an ELE teacher it is a fundamental basis because from there the comparisons between L1 and L2 are born, when this is possible; and very important: its knowledge allows to illustrate and simplify concepts of the Spanish language that a priori are complex.
Carlos Lobo
Academic Ambassador
¡Hola! My name is Carlos and I am a native speaker of Spanish from Venezuela, although I currently live in Bogotá, Colombia.
I am certified to teach Spanish by the University of Maryland-Baltimore. I have degrees in English as a Second Language and Hispano-American Literature from the Universidad de los Andes.
I have taught languages for more than 13 years to students of all ages and levels, from Germany, Portugal, France, Italy, Korea, the United States, Canada, and more.
I specialize in customized classes for test preparation (DELE), professional Spanish, Spanish for tourism, Spanish for business, medical Spanish, Spanish for teachers, and Spanish for priests.
Outside of teaching, I love dancing salsa and cooking. I enjoy watching movies and TV, especially series like “The Stranger Things” or “Buffy the Vampire Slayer.” I also enjoy walking and hanging out with friends.
See you in the 3-Day Challenge!
Lineth Blanquicett Vásquez
Spanish Tutor
Hola! My name is Lineth and I am a qualified Spanish Teacher from Cartagena, Colombia.
I'm a professional in Linguistics and Literature, and I'm also certified by International House/Españolé in training of teachers of Spanish as a second language. In addition, I've participated in different trainings in ELE by the schools in which I have worked.
I have been working in Spanish schools since 2014. I have had students of all nationalities, from 5 years old to 70 years old.
I have been a teacher from level A1 to C1. I have worked at Centro Catalina Spanish and at Elefun Spanish School and also as a private online teacher.
I love walking with my dog. I also like drawing, listening to music and watching movies. I like learning languages with music.
I look forward to helping you reach your language learning goals. ¡Hasta pronto!
