Her story
Why I teach the way I do.
I started teaching Spanish in Lima twenty-five years ago — first to a single diplomat's family, then to embassies, then to anyone whose work or curiosity brought them to Peru. What I learned in those first years has shaped every plan I've written since: adults don't fail at Spanish. The method usually fails them.
The professionals who walk into my lessons are people who learn complex things for a living — doctors, researchers, executives, foreign-service officers, artists. They don't need to be talked down to or moved through a curriculum at someone else's pace. They need a teacher who will listen, design around them, and tell them the truth about where their Spanish actually is.
So that's what I do. Every plan is personal. The materials are made or chosen for you. We work at the rhythm your life allows, and we don't pretend you're somewhere you're not. The result, almost without exception, is that people who thought they'd never feel at home in Spanish end up doing exactly that.
