About Us

Spanish Connector offers Spanish lessons to people from all over the world. We use the internet to connect to our students regardless of their location or time zone. Our qualified Spanish tutors are all native speakers with extensive experience teaching Spanish of all levels.

At Spanish Connector we believe that we can open the doors to the exciting opportunities within the Spanish speaking world by using the internet to reach every corner of the globe. With Spanish being one of the most valuable and practical languages in which to be fluent today, we at Spanish Connector strive for excellence in teaching the language to those who would like to advance in both their interpersonal and career goals, easily accommodating students of any level.

Our Team

Hector - Founder and Teacher

Hector was born in Caracas, Venezuela. He holds a B.S in Information Systems degree and his professional experience includes IT consulting, technical translation and Spanish as a Second Language teaching to Fortune 500 companies and executives. His entrepreneurial spirit, innovative and creative attitude and his passion for the Spanish language inspired him to create Spanish Connector in 2009.

Elizabeth - Teacher

Being a mother of a baby girl makes Elizabeth easy to connect with our youngest students and adults alike. She is from La Paz, Bolivia, and has concluded her studies in Linguistics at Universidad Mayor de San Andres (UMSA). She will get her Licenciatura en Linguistica (BA in Linguistics) right after she completes her thesis. She is fluent in English and speaks some French.
Elizabeth likes volleyball, reading and traveling. She started to teach when she was very young, teaching the Bible to children at her church. Today she continues to teach because she loves sharing the knowledge and the cultural experience with others.

Katiuska - Teacher

Katiuskha is currently studying the last year of her career in Linguistics at Universidad Mayor de San Andrés (UMSA) in La Paz, Bolivia. She will graduate in December, 2012. She speaks English and Italian, besides her native Spanish .
This young lady likes to teach Spanish because she considers language the most amazing quality of human beigns, therefore she finds exciting to help other people to develop their skills in a different language.
Katiuskha enjoys a variety of music styles from Rock, Funk, Pop, Jazz to Salsa and even Hindi music. She loves "Cueca Paceña", a traditional form of music and dance from La Paz. She is a good dancer and singer, and also likes to write and playing the guitar and keyboards. Preferred books: "Cien años de soledad" (One hundred years of solitude) by Gabriel García Márquez, "Ariel" by José Enrique Rodó. Movies: horror, hindu, Quentin Tarantino.

Gilda - Teacher

Gilda got her Licenciatura en Lingüística (BA in Linguistics) from Universidad Mayor de San Andrés (UMSA) in La Paz, Bolivia, in 2008. She has completed numerous courses and workshops on teaching techniques. She is a very experienced teacher in the fields of English as a Second Language, Spanish as a Second Language, and Spanish in Bolivian schools curriculum.
Since Gilda taught English as a Second Language for some time before she started teaching Spanish as a Second Language, she finds the latter "like the inverse experience" of the former one, which makes it especially interesting to her. Also, she thinks that teaching online to individuals and small groups gives her an opportunity to understand better the students needs and make the class more personal, compared to the large groups she used to manage in the past.
Gilda likes reading and enjoys watching documentaries about science, nature and animals.

Raul - Administrative Assistant / Teacher

Raúl Armando Durán de Castro Quiroga (yes, that's a long name) is from Sucre, Bolivia, but has been living in La Paz for a long time. He is in charge of our office in La Paz, and he will help you with everything concerning general information, scheduling, balance, feedback, etc. Raúl is also a teacher and takes care of partner schools in the following countries: Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Uruguay and Spain.
Raúl holds a title of Técnico Superior (Associate Degree) in English from the binational Centro Boliviano Americano in La Paz. He also has concluded the program in Linguistics at Universidad Mayor de San Andrés (UMSA), and he is working on his thesis to get his Licenciatura en Lingüística (BA in Linguistics).
He enjoys reading, especially economics, financial and IT articles. Raúl likes to teach Spanish because it allows him to create professional links and friendships with people around the world.

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