Expanish Study Abroad Team and Support Staff

I was born in Buenos Aires but raised in England, South Korea, and the US. I moved to Buenos Aires in 2001 after completing graduate school to teach writing and literature here at the National University of San Martin. I have spent most of my career as an instructor and administrator at the university level though I have also worked as a journalist, translator, writer, and editor. I am married to a porteña who is ferociously loyal to her home city. We have a 4-year-old daughter named Emma.

I was born in Chicago's north suburbs where I caught the travel bug at age 13 after participating in several cultural immersion programs in Europe. At 16, I discovered "Amigos de Las Americas" a nonprofit organization that enabled me to work and live in small communities in Honduras and Mexico. Those unique experiences sparked in me an intense interest in Latin American culture and the Spanish language, and I continued my education with a degree in Political Science and Latin American studies at the University of Wisconsin - Madison. I spent two semesters abroad studying at the Universidad de Buenos Aires and Universidad Católica Argentina and was fortunate enough to then spend another year working and backpacking across South America. Most of my professional experience has enabled me to work in an international educational setting, and I am ecstatic to be back in Argentina, working with people from all around the world.

My professional story began in airline customer service at the Buenos Aires International Airport, where I had the opportunity to frequently travel, work extensively in client service, and learn about other cultures and people. Every time I came to a new destination I asked myself: is there a better way to learn? After many years of studies at the Universidad de Buenos Aires, I received a degree in Education; besides academic knowledge, those years where formative in my development of deciding what is important from a class. I believe that education is not just instruction, but an experience of the senses, which has enabled us to offer our Expanish students a living experience, not just language courses.

I was born in San Miguel de Tucumán, a very small province in the north of Argentina, but it is extremely beautiful! I have lived in Buenos Aires since 1997 so I'm half porteña. For the last five years I have been studying Literature and Linguistics in Universidad de Buenos Aires. I specialize in Russia Literature, for that reason recently I started studying Russian. I started working in Expanish as an Spanish teacher, then I helped with the classes coordination, now I'm academic coordinator, I'm in charge of all the academic area of Expanish.

I was born and raised in the city of Buenos Aires. I did all my studies in the city and since 2006 I have been studying journalism. Since I really like tourism and travelling, I have been working with foreign students for a long time. I have also worked in several radios and newspapers of Buenos Aires. Luckily, I had the opportunity to travel and improve my English skills with different courses.

Born and raised in Bahía Blanca, Argentina, (southern coast below Buenos Aires) I was the youngest child of the family. I graduated university with a degree in Industrial Organization, and I also took courses of Literature, Design, and Psychology. After I graduated university, I moved to Buenos Aires. I have an extensive experience in administrative and accounting jobs working for different organizations such as banks, big and small businesses and NGOs (charity and educational foundation). I love learning languages, making handcrafts, spending time with friends and drinking "mate".

I studied Business Economics at the Torcuato Di Tella University, during which time I also worked on fundraising and public relations for the Fundación Iniciativa, promoting youth participation in society. After graduation, I worked as a Business Consultant at Proguide, and then spent time working and traveling overseas, mainly in New Zealand and Southeast Asia, where I worked in Business Process Reengineering (BPR) and as a Coordinator at the Auckland City Council. I helped found Expanish after returning from my travels, as a result of my experiences abroad.

Born in the north of Argentina and raised in Buenos Aires, my parents encouraged me to undertake my own projects from a young age and gave me my first opportunities to travel and explore new places. Once I got older, I studied Economics in college and went on to receive a Masters in Finance (I obviously love numbers!). After graduation, I worked on government research projects looking at public debt and for Price Waterhouse Coopers as a business consultant. During this time I did some traveling abroad, and realized that being truly immersed in different cultures is an invaluable experience that profoundly changes the way we think, letting us view the world through a different lens. We created Expanish with the hope of helping others realize this experience.

I was born and grew up in Germany and initially came to Argentina to do my MBA degree at the University Torcuato Di Tella. Before coming to Argentina I graduated with a degree in translation from the University of Heidelberg in Germany. Thanks to my love for and curiosity about new countries, I have gained much experience living and studying abroad. After finishing high school I spent half a year traveling and working in Australia, New Zealand and Asia. During my university years, I studied at the University of Granada in Spain as an exchange student and later also worked as a language teacher in Bologna, Italy, for six months. Soon after graduating, I felt I needed a new challenge. This brought me here, to a job I deeply enjoy in Buenos Aires.

I was born in Mendoza. I have many years of experience working as both a designer and a developer for small, middle range, and big corporations. I am also an active member of the Open Source and Web Standards community and promote the use of this techniques and paradigms in all of Expanish web sites.

I was born in a small town in the province of British Columbia, Canada, later ending up in the beautiful city of Vancouver. The moment I finished secondary school I started making plans to travel, my first trip being a backpacking adventure through Europe for three months. After that, travel stayed in my life for the next several years, traveling to various countries and continents throughout the world. Between my travels I worked in retail management, event planning, and customer service, and marketing. In 2005, I studied Marketing and Sales and upon graduation began to look for opportunities abroad. I moved to Buenos Aires in 2007, studying Spanish for the first few months, and later finding a marketing position with Expanish, allowing me to continue to live in Buenos Aires, one of my favourite places on earth.