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Offering language courses in:  ARABIC - CHINESE - ESOL- FRENCH - GERMAN - LATIN - PORTUGUESE - RUSSIAN - SPANISH - SWAHILI

Spanish Teachers

Kim Andersen

Kim founded Capital Region Language Center (formerly Las Mariposas) in April of 2002.  She loves teaching both Spanish and English to Speakers of Other Languages. Her love of languages and culture began while going to University and living in Washington DC and then followed her first to public school in San Francisco and then later to Paraguay.  She has NYS certifications to teach both English and Spanish and enjoys teaching to all ages.  She and her husband also started a fair trade shop, Mango Tree Imports in May of 2006.

Gloria Batista

Gloria Batista received a B.S. from the University at Albany in Political Science with a Minor in Spanish and previously worked with the New York State Department of Labor where she translated for Spanish speaking applicants. She also assisted in the creation of a Spanish speaking hotline. She was raised bilingual in New York City. She loves teaching the preschool and early elementary Spanish classes with CRLC and makes her classes come alive with boundless energy. She has been teaching with Capital Region Language Center for four years.

Paula Bott

Paula is a native Spanish speaker born and raised in Colombia, S.A.  She received a B.S. in Business Administration from Briarcliffe College in Bethpage N.Y.  She created and implemented a Spanish curriculum for high school students, grades 7-11 in Long Island.  After moving to Clifton Park, Paula worked as a Spanish Teacher at Robert C. Parker School, where she developed a Spanish program for students K-8.  Currently, she teaches a conversation class at CRLC and hopes to be able to share her passion for Spanish and love of her culture with more students.   

 

Jennifer Dinkel

Jen is a NYS certified Spanish teacher who has worked in the public school system in the Capital Region.  She lived in Chile and is enamored of the country and the people.  Jen is offering classes in both of CRLC's locations, Ballston Spa and Albany. 

Malina Hebert

Malina Hebert has a BA in Spanish and Early Childhood Education.  She has New York State certifications in Spanish 6-12 and Elementary Education Pre-K - 5.  Malina spent 5 months in Seville, Spain, studying abroad during her junior year of college.  During college, she also dedicated her spring breaks traveling to an orphanage in Tijuana, Mexico for mission trips.  Malina has a passion for teaching and a great love of the Spanish language.  She taught Spanish for 3 years in an Elementary school to grades Pre-K through 5th.  Before that, she taught Spanish grades 6-8 for 2 years.  Malina has just returned to the Capital Region Language Center after taking a year off to stay home with her daughter Adriana Isabel. Before her daughter was born, Malina taught at CRLC 4 years.

 

Amy Messersmith

Veronica Rivera

 

Upcoming Events

Fulfill your dream of learning another language, or picking up where you left off in HS or college, starting in March 2010.
Several levels of:
Spanish, German and French
New classes forming in:
English, Arabic, Portuguese, French & Russian

First Friday April 2, 2010
Celebrate Guatemala: A multimedia presentation about the women, weavings and fair trade artesania, 6-8:30 pm
BSpa location
Do you have photos from Guate that you would like to share? Please email Kim

Already have proficiency in another language?   Join any of our existing classes after requesting a placement test via email.

On-site Classes...at your school or business

Testimonials..."The small class size ensures that each student speaks, writes, and listens to Spanish during each session."

Ballston Spa's First Friday free events at 6:00 PM on the first Friday of each month. Follow the link below to see what else is happening in the Village's First Fridays.

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Mango Tree Imports Our fair trade store is adjacent to the CRLC in Ballston Spa. We invite you to come in and see our handmade products from 60+ countries. Mango Tree Imports