Meet the Language Assistants (LAs)

Hosted by the Spanish Department at Holy Cross, The LAs lead small, dynamic practicum sessions for Spanish language learners.

Outside the practicums, LAs also play a major role in coordinating the many culturally rich extra- and cocurricular programs regularly held throughout the year.

Meet the LAs

Paloma Apesteguia

Universidad del Salvador
Hobbies: Writing, drawing, painting, making music

Gabriela Reyes Garcia

Universidad de Granada
Hobbies: Hiking, crochet, theater, reading, music

Laura Villegas Manrique

Universidad de Granada
Hobbies: Music, cooking, going to the gym, dancing, theater, traveling, learning languages

Beatriz Matilla

Inicio | Universidad de León
Hobbies: Travel, reading, drawing

Maria Rojas

Universidade da Coruña
Hobbies: Reading, literature, theatre, films, video games, cooking, chess, music

Clara Martin Roldan

Universidad de Granada
Hobbies: Traveling, dance, cooking, meeting new people

Camila Venere

Universidad del Salvador
Hobbies: Painting, reading, playing cards, music

A group of Spanish students take a selfie with a faculty member outside.

About the Program

In and out of the classroom, language assistants from around the world help students accelerate their language skills and deepen their cultural understanding through structured lessons, extracurricular activities and everyday interactions.

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