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Zulma Castaneda-Smothers

Spanish

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Email address:

jcastaneda@renacademy.org

Tell us about yourself!

I am a Spanish native speaker, born and raised in Lima, Peru. Since I was a little girl I understood that teaching was my vocation and being in a classroom is being at home. I am a wife to a southern gentleman from South Carolina and the mom of two bilingual boys who complete my life. In my free time I love reading Latin American science fiction and I also have a passion for the arts, molding ceramic "ceramica al frio", restoring old furniture, are only a few of the wonderful legacies inherited from by beautiful mother and my mother in law.

What is your favorite subject to teach? 

Spanish

What do you love most about education?

Teaching is a happy exercise and learning a new language is an endless journey to worlds that will bring closer to humanity.

Is there anything else you'd like Renaissance families to know?

My main goal is for my students to learn in an immersion/fun environment. The focus of my instruction is communication, not accuracy as we start this process of language acquisition.

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BIOGRAPHY

Zulma Castaneda-Smothers

Spanish

meet mrs. castaneda-smothers

Email address:

jcastaneda@renacademy.org

Tell us about yourself!

I am a Spanish native speaker, born and raised in Lima, Peru. Since I was a little girl I understood that teaching was my vocation and being in a classroom is being at home. I am a wife to a southern gentleman from South Carolina and the mom of two bilingual boys who complete my life. In my free time I love reading Latin American science fiction and I also have a passion for the arts, molding ceramic "ceramica al frio", restoring old furniture, are only a few of the wonderful legacies inherited from by beautiful mother and my mother in law.

What is your favorite subject to teach? 

Spanish

What do you love most about education?

Teaching is a happy exercise and learning a new language is an endless journey to worlds that will bring closer to humanity.

Is there anything else you'd like Renaissance families to know?

My main goal is for my students to learn in an immersion/fun environment. The focus of my instruction is communication, not accuracy as we start this process of language acquisition.

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