Vanesa Zapata

La tutora más maravillosa del mundo: inteligente, carismática, dedicada, creativa y llena de la mejor energía! 💪🏽💥

I love Vanessa. The feedback asked me to describe teaching styles she used, but only allowed me to select 3, which was difficult bc honestly, she used all of them…presents, explains, guides, gives examples, collaborates, asks questions, facilitates, and encourages. Learning another language is difficult. Many times we want to be perfect and are afraid to make mistakes because we don’t want to sound silly, and as a perfectionist, this is sooooo me. But I can honestly say, Vanessa is the first tutor I’ve had (and I’ve had quite a few) that I’m not afraid to make mistakes with. I don’t feel judged by her and she is very relatable. She came with lesson plans that I really love because I need structure rather than random conversation and she is very patient. Needless to say, I’ll continue to book with her, and you should too!💕

Honestly, I tried 6 tutors over the past two weeks (because I'm a crazy person who wanted to find the best tutor for me), and Vanesa REALLY came through! Not only did she set goals for me (because this is a struggle area for me), she said we would find my learning style together. She also gave me plenty of resources to learn outside, and said we would incorporate the resources I am already using. Finally, we practiced some pronunciation, and she got close to the camera to show me how to roll my R and pronounce T in Spanish. I've never had a tutor show such attention to detail. Vanesa mentioned that she loves beginners because she can see our progress, so it made me feel like less of a burden as I did when I had to keep asking other tutors to slow down or repeat themselves. This first lesson was 10/10 stars!

These lessons truly show me my progress over the last 10 months. Now, Vanesa speaks to me with a faster pace, and sometimes I want to ask her to slow down, but then I notice that I actually am understanding 80% of what she is saying, and it feels SOOO good. She pushes me out of my comfort zone and encourages me to speak and listen more than I believe I am capable of, just to show me that I am, indeed, capable. Her motivation, patience, and love for teaching are always evident and present, and I will always vouch that she is the best teacher in the world. Every lesson with Vanesa is pushing me in the direction of fluency.

Vanesa is great at explaining grammar especially difficult grammar rules. She is very knowledgeable and provides many examples and always reviews what was learned.

Vanesa is the best tutor. She is very patient and corrects your errors easily when speaking. I feel more confident to continue speaking in spanish instead of switching back to english.