Meet the Expanish School Staff

I was born in Buenos Aires, but spent 6 years of my childhood in Mar de las Pampas, a beautiful beach 400 km away from this city. I combined high school years with private classes and then decided to study Education at the Universidad de Buenos Aires.

I have worked in education at various levels: elementary, high school and university, working with teachers, creating innovative teaching methods as well as collaborating in the improvement of them.

Years ago I had the opportunity to travel abroad and realized that nowadays frontiers have opened and the interchange of different cultures and languages, allow us to enrich our knowledge, not only from the academic point of view, but also in our personal experiences.

At Expanish I found a place where I can combine my aspirations and expectations. I always believe that education goes beyond passing over knowledge. Here the students can learn the language through new perspective of language courses where they can live the experience of our culture.

My name is Juan Manuel Aranda and I was born and raised in Buenos Aires. After finishing high school, I received my Bachelors Degree in Tourism which allowed me to travel and work in different cities in both Argentina and the United States. I lived in beautiful New Orleans for almost two years! After moving back to Argentina, I began a program in Political Science, and upon completion, began working for Expanish - another excellent challenge that allows me to work in tourism and with foreigners in Buenos Aires!

Expanish is a young, exciting, and growing organization, and full of opportunity! Working at Expanish allows me to meet and work with people from around the world while sharing my knowledge of tourism - two things that I love.

Hi, I am Patricia Escandar, I was born in Tucumán, a small and very beautiful province in Argentina's north, but I have lived in Buenos Aires since 1997. I am a Spanish teacher, and I work in Expanish. I have studied Literature and Linguistics in the University of Buenos Aires. I really love my language because I feel it is perfect to transmit all your feelings and your thoughts with an incredible exactitude, for that reason I enjoy teaching it!