Spanish with Connor G.

INTRODUCTION: My passion is Spanish! It has taken me around the world and changed my life in ways I could have only dreamed of without it! When you really love something you want to share it!I That's why I love teaching Spanish I have 11 years of Spanish experience. I graduated college with a degree in Spanish, lived in Spain for 6 months, played university level basketball in Spain, studied in the Dominican Republic, tutored a countless number of students all the way up through the college level, and worked for 4 years professionally using Spanish as an interpreter/translator. EXPERIENCE: EDUCATION ▪ 2015 Saint John’s University, Graduated May 2015 B.A. Hispanic Studies (Spanish) ▪ Lived in Spain for 6 months in monolingual host family, studied Spanish at IE University in Segovia, Spain, played on the University level (Spanish speaking basketball team) ▪ Completed International Baccalaureate Program with 24 total points (earned 5 in Spanish HL, 7 on oral exam) ▪ Completed International Baccalaureate Middle Years Program ▪ 11+ year Spanish experience PAST TUTORING EXPERIENCE University of Saint John’s and the College of Saint Benedict’s, Collegeville, MN. Sept 2013-May 2015 ▪ Tutored all levels of college Spanish ▪ Tutored native Spanish speakers in grammar ▪ Approx. 6 hours per week, tutored based on individual student’s needs SPANISH WORK EXPERIENCE Bilingual Technical Specialist at DecoPac Inc. Anoka, MN September 2015-August 2016 ▪ Spent 50% of time on phone providing technical support to customers in English and Spanish. ▪ Developed and maintained Spanish vocabulary surrounding printers, baking, technology, and inter- net. ▪ Performed written translations of company documents. ▪ Translated website text as necessary. ▪ Wrote customer help videos in Spanish/English and was on camera talent Bilingual Pawn-Broker at Pawn-Works in Crystal, MN July 2015-March 2016 ▪ Made deals to buy customers items and give collateral loans in Spanish/English ▪ Studied, developed and maintained Spanish for retail business Bilingual Landscaping Supervisor Summer 2013, 2014 Brickman Landscaping, The Lawnsmith ▪ Lead a team of native speaking, monolingual Spanish landscapers full time ▪ Only crew member that spoke English. ▪ Developed, maintained mechanical, landscaping vocabulary. Developed and maintain useful slag and everyday Spanish. COMMUNITY SERVICE PROJECTS Dominican Republic 2015 ▪ I spent two weeks in the DR, working with native Spanish speakers on a variety of projects, includ- ing improving and maintaining a multi-cultural elementary school (building walls, working on plumb- ing), and erecting basketball hoops in and around the Las Terrenas community.