30 Years of Experience in Teaching Spanish!
The Spanish Experience Center:
The idea of founding the Spanish Experience Center was born in 2004 in the capital City of Morelos State: Cuernavaca. United by the same passion for teaching Spanish to foreigners and for the Mexican culture, 6 teachers from the Uninter University gathering over 30 years of experience, decided to create the project of a new Spanish School in Puerto Vallarta. The Spanish Experience Center was born in 2005!
We are now proud to be a member of the Education Ministry of Jalisco State.
Offering comprehensive Spanish classes for all levels, introduction to Mexican culture and traditions, the school also organizes extra academic activities such as Mexican cooking to you can master your skills in cooking Mexican food or Latin music dancing class, as well as numerous social events.
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Accreditations
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We are proud that our school has been approved by the Secretariat of Public Educatoin (SEP). The mission of the SEP is to create general conditions that will allow all Mexican to access quality education, at the level and in the discipline they require and wherever they need.
Our Philosophy
Objective
To provide programs and activities that will allow our students to experience the culture of Mexico while developing language skills in a full immersion learning environment which embraces the school's motto,
Living it is learning it!
Our Mission
The mission of our Spanish school in Puerto Vallarta is to share our culture’s arts, colors, flavors, sights, smells and experiences so that learning the Spanish language arises in a natural way, waking up the Latin within, in order to give each student a piece of Mexico they can take with them forever.
The Staff:
Our academic staff has worked closely with and given Spanish classes to executives, senior and junior managers from some of the biggest companies in the world: United Airlines, Lufthansa Airlines, Pepsi, Swiss RE, Daimler Chrysler, The World Bank, SBC, GM de México, Bank of America, Henkel, and with diplomats from Canada, the USA, Switzerland, New Zealand, Australia and Japan.
They all have been trained and are certifiied at an academic level to teach Spanish Language as a second language. Moreover, their passion for the Spanish language and the Mexican culture is contagious as you will discover during your stay at our Spanish School in Puerto Vallarta. Each one with their Specialty, from Mexican food to latin music dancing class you will have it all :)!
Here is a few word from all of them:
Enrique Jiménez - General Director
Hi! My name is Enrique Jiménez.
I was born in the city of Cuernavaca. I have a degree in International Business and a diploma in the Teaching of Spanish as a Second Language from the Uninter University of Cuernavaca. I have been living in Puerto Vallarta since the summer of 2005. I am the General Director of the Spanish Experience Center; sometimes I am a teacher as well. I really love to teach, especially beginners and conversation classes. My greatest satisfaction is when my students achieve understanding, writing and expressing themselves in Spanish. Thanks to work I have had the chance to meet a lot of people from all over the world, and therefore I got to discover cultures from different countries. I have two dogs with which I walk every day in the afternoon. I like to go to the beach and sunbathe. Music is part of life and I like to go out with my friends on week-ends: some of them are from other cities or even other countries, and we have formed a great group. I consider them as my Puerto Vallarta family.
Susana Chávez - Administrative Assistant:
My name is Susana Chávez, I am from El Grullo, Jalisco. I have been living in Puerto Vallarta for 4 years and working at the Spanish Experience Center for 3.5 years. Working for SEC is like working from home, where my work colleagues and students are like my family and the work area my home. It is a real pleasure for me to be able and contribute to the sharing of the Mexican Culture and even more, contribute to the satisfaction of the students during their stay at our school. It is a great achievement to see that year after year the majority of our students come back to live the SEC experience once more. It is important to mention that not only the students have the opportunity to live a study abroad experience, but I also get to enjoy a day by day multicultural experience, as we receive students from all over the world.
All of this achievement is possible thanks to our amazing work team and the confidence of all the people who chose us for being the best option to learn Spanish in Puerto Vallarta.
Saraí Ramirez - Head of Academics and our Mexican Food Expert
My name is Saraí Ramírez Fernández, I have a degree in Teaching Spanish with a specialization in Hispano-American History at the Uninter University in Cuernavaca, Morelos. Cuernavaca is where I am from originally and is located just one hour south of Mexico City. I have been working at the Spanish Experience Center for 5 years and it is a great experience: I have had the chance to meet very interesting people from many different countries.
I love my job. I love to live in such a beautiful, safe and quiet place, like Puerto Vallarta, surrounded by the ocean and the mountains.
I like to read historical novels or magical realism novels, information about other countries and to share cultural and historical information about Mexico with my students.
These 5 years I have in Puerto Vallarta so far have really been wonderful ones.
Mayra Valle - Teacher
My name is Mayra Valle, I am originary from Puebla, where I lived for 15 years. Afterwards I lived in Cuernavaca for 10 more years and there I studied Teaching Spanish as a Second Language, which brought me here!
I love Puerto Vallarta but I prefer it in the winter and spring. I arrived at the Spanish Experience Center 2.5 years ago. My intention was to only stay for 6 months. I really like the school, our two dogs Charro and Gayla and of course my work colleagues. What I love the most is that I have made real good friends here. One of my passions is travelling, I don’t always have the opportunity to do so, but when the opportunity presents itself I make the most of it. I like to read, go to the movies and go out with my friends.
Adriana Bedolla - Teacher
Hi there! My name is Adriana Bedolla. I was born and raised in Cuernavaca where I studied Special Education at the Morelos State University (UAEM).
After graduating in 1998, I moved to Chicago where I lived for 3 years. In 2001, I returned to Mexico and obtained a post-graduate degree in teaching Spanish as a second language. In 2005, I joined the founding team of the Spanish Experience Center where I have been teaching students of all levels. So, whether you are a beginner or an advanced student, please join one of my classes for some challenge and a lot of fun!
Tania Huitrón - Teacher
My name is Tania Huitrón, proudly born in Cuernavaca, Morelos, “the City of the eternal Spring”, where I studied teaching Spanish as a Foreign Language.
I decided to come and live in Puerto Vallarta because at the Spanish Experience Center I have the opportunity to grow both professionally and personally. Working here is an incredible experience; I love the family atmosphere that we experience day after day at the school. The life together with the students makes life away from my family a lot easier.
I love meeting new people from all over the world, and through them, knowing different cultures. IT’S LIKE TRAVELLING AROUND THE WORLD EVERYDAY. I like the beach, the sun, listening to music and singing.
I am also a theater actress, I took part in various plays, visiting many States of the Republic of Mexico, but Vallarta definitely got my heart. :)
The Building
Our Spanish school in Puerto Vallarta is located in a beautiful renovated traditional Mexican Hacienda in the heart of Puerto Vallarta. Only one block from the beach and 3 blocks from the Malecon (boardwalk), the building is ideally located close from everything. The school has 6 air conditioned classrooms to offer Spanish classes for all levels. Distribuited on 3 floors, our Spanish school in Puerto Vaa providing all the modern comfort set in a traditional Mexican atmosphere. We have a beautiful colonial fountain and a huge terrace where students can study or relax, and from the 3rd floor you can even admire the ocean during recess!