Casa Xalteva Faculty

All of our teachers are young, native Spanish-speakers, who are well-trained in working with international students. They are either college graduates or working on college degrees while they teach at Casa Xalteva. Most have several years of experience as teachers. All of our teachers know some English, but most are not fluent. We discourage our teachers from using any English or other non-Spanish languages in the classroom, even with beginning students. While that may sound frightening, our long experience has shown us that even beginning students learn much faster if they are totally immersed in the language and do not fall back on their English when they have problems understanding. If you have to ask a question in English, your teachers will probably respond in Spanish, and if you still don’t understand they will try to find ways to communicate the answer to you. The first few days you may find that frustrating, but you will be amazed at how quickly you learn to get by without using your native language. Trust us on this.

Bismark Gutierrez,Teacher Team Leader
Maria de Jesus Chavarria
Romel Antonio Ortega
Karla Enrriquez
Gerald Obando
Gabriela Martinez
Manuel Alejandro Chavez
Sergio Tenorio