Meet Our Instructors
Our team includes more than 50 experienced linguists, with instructors based here in Charlottesville and across the U.S. and around the world. Together, they bring language, culture, and real-life experience into every lesson, creating learning that’s personal, engaging, and human.
Spanish: John Rabassa
“I believe that creating a fun and engaging experience, lowering the stress of learning a language, is one of the best things I can do to help my students learn.”
Meet Nattachya Olivares Bost, M.A.
With more than eight years of experience teaching Spanish as a second language, Nattachya loves helping students build confidence while discovering the language and the cultures behind it. Her classes are personalized, engaging, and designed to make learning both practical and enjoyable.
Spanish: Franco Perez, Cert. ELE
“I am fascinated by well-applied pedagogy, so I studied to teach Spanish as a second language. My favorite teaching method is the "flipped classroom" and I like my students to feel as comfortable as possible in my lessons.”
Spanish: Jesús Jávita Fernández, Ph.D.
He has been teaching for more than 15 years. He has lived in Albacete, Valencia, Auburn (AL). He loves to spend his time watching movies, reading and playing board games.
Spanish: Dayra Fernández, M.A.
“Everyone is meant to learn languages, as that is at the very base of human existence: to communicate.”
Speak! is about CONNECTION!
Many of our favorite moments happen when teachers and students learn, laugh, and connect beyond the lesson.
