Vanesa Zapata

With Vanessa we focused initially on learning how to express myself in the past tense. It's still difficult for me to remember spontaneously the different endings. However, on a recent trip to Spain I felt much more comfortable trying to speak and people understood me. It's been great having someone like Vanesa to practice my skills because she's patient and and puts you at ease.

I’ve only had a couple of lessons with Vanesa so far, but I can already see what a huge benefit she’ll be to my Spanish journey. I’m an intermediate learner who still gets lost in conversations and struggles to say things correctly, but Vanesa is already helping me push past those hurdles. She has a great way of spotting the specific types of mistakes I tend to make—like in our last class, she helped me work through my “por vs. para” confusion, even while we chatted about a range of topics. That kind of targeted correction is exactly what I’ve been looking for. She’s easy to talk to, patient, and really knows how to support Spanish learners. I’m looking forward to taking more consistent lessons with her!

Please don't ever stop teaching 😭😭😭❤️

Vanesa had me create alternate endings for a video we watched, so I learned A LOT of vocab (which also means she was very patient with me while I tried to explain my creative thoughts). Today’s class was super engaging and fun. As always, 1000/1000 will recommend ☺️

I came into the lesson quite unprepared and not at all confident. Vanesa rounded out my goals by asking me the what’s and how’s of what my ability was.

Vanesa provided very good feedback and guidance throughout our conversation. She also gave a plan for what she thought would be the best way to help me improve in speaking skills