Santiago

Certified Tutor

I am a native New Yorker and a dual citizen of the US and Spain. I am a recent graduate from the School of Diplomacy and International Relations at Seton Hall University. I graduated with a Bachelor of Science in May 2019 with a triple major in Diplomacy and International Relations, Modern Languages (French and Russian), and Economics with a minor and certificate in Russian and Eastern European Studies. At Seton Hall, I was a Teaching Assistant for both Elementary and Intermediate Russian and I also tutored several students in French and Spanish. In July 2019, I was selected as a Fulbright Scholar to Moldova and attended orientation. In September 2019, I flew to Moldova and began my Fulbright journey. During my time in Moldova, I was an English and Spanish professor at a university called Comrat State University. The students in my classes were very diverse in terms of ages and languages. They ranged from high school students to the mayor of the city of Comrat and included Russian, Romanian, Turkish, Ukrainian, Bulgarian and Gagauz speakers. I also taught English classes to kids on Saturdays at a local gym and at a local language school. In addition, I taught an English for Business class to local business owners and local government employees. My grant ended abruptly due to Covid-19 and I am now back in New York City. While I tutor and love a broad range of subjects, I would say I am most passionate about Math, World History, and Foreign Languages. I speak Spanish, French, Russian and some basic Romanian and Turkish and I hope to become fluent in as many languages as I can. I especially love Foreign Languages because every new language means more people you can talk to, more friends you can make, and even more music you can listen to. I am a firm believer that learning should be fun and global and I try to teach that to all my students. In my spare time, I love cooking new recipes in the kitchen, going out with friends, traveling, swimming, playing chess, and listening to music.