Our Spanish tutors are fun professionals, energetic, enthusiastic, personable, patient, and willing to adapt to make your learning experience enjoyable. SEF carefully selects instructors and professors with a passion for teaching, unlike other tutoring agencies that hire volunteers. We pride ourselves on developing lasting relationships built on respect and mutual understanding with students.
Name: Jay Minaya
Title: CEO / Spanish communications specialist
Jay Julio Cesar Minaya was born in Lima, Peru. He moved to the United States to pursue his Business Administration Diploma at the University of Colorado in Boulder. He graduated in 2005 and worked in the mortgage and banking industry in large firms for two years in Boulder area. But his passion for teaching his native language made him pursue his dream of opening his own language school.
His goal is to help English speakers to learn Spanish to enhance their travel experiences, and enable them to communicate with more people. "There are so many English language courses offered to non-English speaking people who come to the USA but you find only a few efficient Spanish courses which are directed at English speakers" "I wanted to change that , now through SEF you can find a variety of Spanish lessons for almost every need". Jay developed his own methods for teaching Spanish. He created the "fun method" which combine with his fresh style it makes the learning experience very enjoyable. Jay also teaches this Spanish method through Bolder Languages and the Longmont Free University. Today Jay Minaya is the President and one of the instructors at Spanish Easy and Fun.
Name: David Minaya
Title: SEF Program Coordinator / Spanish Communications Specialist
Services Offered: Spanish instructor for adults, organizations and private tutoring, translation and interpretation. David also offers a cultural approach in all his classes.
David was born in Lima, Peru. He holds an Architect bachelor degree from the Ricardo Palma University. Besides his responsibilities as program coordinator David continues to teaching Spanish at SEF to stay close to the needs of our students. In his free time David enjoys cooking Peruvian and Italian dishes and presenting at art galleries.
Experience:
- 5 years studying Architecture at the best Architectural Peruvian College
- 5 years of professional experience teaching all levels of Spanish in USA
- 4 years teaching Advanced Spanish at the Longmont Free University
Travel Experience: South America, the Caribbean and USA
Name: Caroline Cotter
Title: Spanish and English Communications Specialist
Services Offered: Beginning, intermediate and advanced levels of Spanish lessons in group classes for adults and businesses, tutoring, Spanish for children, and English lessons.
Caroline grew up in Providence, Rhode Island and then went to college in Maine where she studied Art, Spanish, and Education. She has studied and taught in countries all over the world and came to Colorado last summer to work with study Educational Psychology.
Caroline loves music, singing, playing the guitar and writing songs, art, practicing yoga, playing outside, and traveling
Travel Experience: Chile, Argentina, Costa Rica, Honduras, Spain, France, Russia, Thailand, India, and Nepal .
Name: Fiona McCarthy
Title: Spanish and English communications specialist
Services Offered: all levels of Spanish lessons in small and large groups, Spanish tutoring, Spanish for children, and all levels of English lessons (ESL).
Fiona is a licensed Spanish Teacher for the State of Colorado and has been teaching for 7 years. Within those 7 years she lived in Spain for two.
Education:
- Cambridge Certificate in CELTA, CLIC International in Seville, Spain
- Teaching Certificate in Spanish Secondary Education
- Bachelor in Spanish and Art
Travel Experience:Spain, Central America and South America.
Name: Evelyn Aguilar
Title: Spanish communications specialist
Services Offered: Intensive Spanish in beginning and intermediate levels in groups and tutoring for professional adults, teens and kids.
Learn Spanish with Evelyn. She was born in Lima, Peru. She holds a BA in Spanish and Marketing. She has been working at the Language education industry for over 5 years. Learning Spanish with Evelyn is fun.
Experience:
- 5 years teaching Spanish to professional adults such as engineers, doctors, lawyers and business owners
- 3 years teaching Spanish for children
Travel Experience: USA, Chile, Bolivia, Canada, EspaƱa, South Africa, Australia, Argentina, and Brasil.