I’ve been helping people learn Spanish by sharing my language, travel and cultural experiences that I’ve since 2005.

I started my journey with Spanish like many people, completing a few years of high school Spanish but yet wasn’t even able to have the most basic conversation.

Fast forward some 20ish years later after high school (around 2005) and one trip to Mexico under my belt, my desire to learn Spanish was rekindled. Since then I’ve become obsessed with Spanish and have dedicated the last thirteen years to learning Spanish and at some point along the way became a fluent Spanish speaker.

Over the years I’ve routinely visited more than my fair share of the Spanish speaking world:

• Mexico & Central America: Mexico, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Honduras.
• The Caribbean: Cuba, Puerto Rico, Dominican Republic.
• South America: Colombia, Ecuador.

During my travels I always immerse myself in the local environment, staying in hotels and Airbnb’s in non-touristy areas with the lugareños (locals) , soaking in the culture and language, often going days without speaking a word of English.

I’ve been exposed to various Spanish dialects, local slang, spoken with people from different social and economic statuses and in different social environments, all of which have given me insight and understanding of the Spanish language and the people who use it that you’ll never get from a textbook.

I’ve been running a Spanish conversation group on MeetUp.com since 2011 where I’ve been teaching conversational Latin American Spanish classes since 2013.

Classes are remote, for all levels and I specialize in helping you improve your comprehension of spoken Spanish by going beyond the textbook, teaching you the nuances of the language and how it’s used in everyday conversation.

I started blogging back in 2008 as way to encourage myself to keep learning new things about the Spanish language, which unexpectedly led to me developing a life long passion the Spanish language and sharing that love with others through teaching.

My Spanish Notes is the first blog I started in 2008.

It’s a collection of the things I learned from talking with native Spanish speakers on my quest to become bilingual. No grammar, no verb conjugations, no “book” Spanish – just real Spanish I learn from real conversations.

Qué Boquita¡ No Seas Pelangoche was next, and well, it’s not for the faint of heart.

I explore all the malas palabras (bad words) Spanish has to offer, with a special emphasis on Mexican slang. It’s a fun read, and I touch on a lot of explicit language, and I give the exact English equivalents so you’re very clear on what you’re hearing, or perhaps saying.

Don’t say I didn’t warn you!

When I’m not running rampant through the Americas I’m a mild mannered software developer, so the merging two of my passions in life was bound to happen.

The My Spanish Phrasebook App is more than your classic Spanish Phrasebook. It’s content is based on my real world travel experiences, not the stock stuff they put in every other phrasebook you’ve seen. I cover situations like backed up toilets, misbehaving GPS’s, helpful conversational phrases and a lot more.