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Andrew P.

Private tutor in Virginia Beach, VA

Education

Virginia Commonwealth University. Bachelor of Arts in Spanish graduating with a 3.4 GPA in 2010. Bilingual in Spanish and English

Experience

After spending 2+ years living in Central America (spent extensive time in Nicaragua, Honduras) doing volunteer work from 2006-2008, I decided to formalize my listening/speaking/writing skills in Spanish by securing a Bachelor's degree in Spanish. Much of my formal Spanish education involved a newly-pioneered translation / interpretation program at VCU. The program included extensive practical experience in both translating written testimony (for court cases and medical purposes), literature and pop-culture translation, as well as interpretation of spoken word from both English to Spanish or Spanish to English (as in a courtroom or hospital setting). As a requirement for graduating, I was required to provide 40+ hours of tutoring for lower-mid-upper level Universtity Spanish students at VCU. In my first job upon graduation, I was the assistant coordinator of Spanish programs at the Archdiocese of New York (which encompassed Manhattan, the Bronx, and multiple counties in upstate New York). Currently, I am actively (10-20 hours a week) with a missionary organization that facilitates 7+ trips to Honduras, each year.

Subject Expertise

Spanish 4 Spanish Spanish 1 Spanish 2 Spanish 3 AP Spanish Language SAT Subject Test in Spanish SAT Subject Test in Spanish with Listening

Availability

Monday after 5PM, Tuesday after 5PM, Wednesday after 5PM, Thursday after 5PM

Can Meet

Up to 10 minutes away for no additional charge

Hobbies

As you can see from my experience, I am very comfortable with the more practical and real-world approach to learing and speaking spanish. I'm very patient when it comes to Spanish (when I was learning it, I looked like I fool for the first few months as I had no formal spanish education prior!) and I have the advantage of knowing how the average person learns a language. Basically, Spanish is both part of my expertise and professional education, but is also something I live in my daily life and use in my passions and hobbies.

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