Maura has a wide range of skills for teaching Spanish but I feel the most important is an engaging personality. She asks fun questions that force me to stretch my Spanish. An hour passes quickly but it is exhausting. Perfect. At the end of each conversation Maura reviews a few errors in grammar, pronunciation and word choices I had been making that she noted carefully but tactfully did not allow to interrupt our conversation. It's a nice balance. After every session I receive a new reading assignment as a start to our next conversation. We're making progress!