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Hi, I'm Ana Paula. I teach Spanish and Italian online. Here I share stories, mistakes, and the small details that make language feel natural, the kind you only learn by actually using it. 2,000+ lessons taught. Still learning every day.

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My 9-Year-Old Student Destroyed My Confidence in One Sentence

I laughed.

“What do you mean by funny?” I thought.

I didn’t think much of it. After all, English isn’t my native language. I assumed he simply noticed that I was Mexican.

Two lessons later, I said the word milk.

He immediately interrupt...

6 days ago
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Episode 7: Sto malata

A quick, unscripted voice note on what being sick this week looked like, recorded exactly as it came out. As always, no script, no editing, just me talking like I would to a friend.

This episode is available in two versions: one in S...

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Episode 7: Estoy enferma

A quick, unscripted voice note on what being sick this week looked like, recorded exactly as it came out. As always, no script, no editing, just me talking like I would to a friend.

This episode is available in two versions: one in S...

9 days ago

The First Time Someone Paid Me to Do Something Other Than Teach

It was from Love to Lingo.

And I was actually really surprised because Christina was one of the first people I started following on Substack. She also has a lot more followers than me, so seeing her name in my inbox was not something I wa...

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Episode 6: Mendoza non mi ha convinta

This isn’t a travel review or a list of recommendations - it’s just me thinking out loud about why a place I “should have” liked didn’t quite do it for me. As always, there’s no script and no editing; it’s exactly as it came out on the fi...

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    Hi, I'm Ana Paula. I teach Spanish and Italian online. Here I share stories, mistakes, and the small details that make language feel natural, the kind you only learn by actually using it. 2,000+ lessons taught. Still learning every day.

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