SpanishPod launched in November 2007, and was Praxis Language’s second product. It now features more than 200 free lesson and extra downloads, and has a vibrant community of thousands. SpanishPod publishes a new lesson five days per week.

The SpanishPod Team

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John Patrick Villanueva

Lead Teacher

John Patrick “JP” Villanueva is a former Spanish teacher from Seattle, Washington. He holds an MA in Romance Linguistics from the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor, specializing in Foreign Language Pedagogy, Second Language Acquisition, and Minimalist Syntax.

JP blogs at Fluency.

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Liliana Mata

Lead Host

Liliana Mata was born in Mexico City but grew up in Chihuahua, the biggest state in Mexico. She attended the Universidad de las Americas Puebla UDLAP. She went on to study Political Science in Pierre Mendes France in Grenoble, France. She worked for the Mexican Embassy in Washington, DC, and as an international marketing consultant in China.

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Estibalitz Gete Moreno

Academic Director

Estibalitz Gete Moreno is from San Sebastián, Spain, and holds a BA in Foreign Language Education from the University of the Basque Country. She spent a year at Ohio’s Mount Union Colleg working as the Spanish Teaching Assistant. She is responsible for lesson creation and editing.

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Jorge Leonardo Guerrero Vargas

Customer Service Representative

Jorge Leonardo Guerrero Vargas is from Hermosillo, Mexico. He lived and studied in Vancouver and Quebec City, where he became fluent in English and French, and earned a B.A. in Business at Université Laval in Quebec with minors in Marketing and International Business.