Hi! My name is Matt, an American-born English speaker from Michigan and living in Mississippi. After being disappointed with my slow progress learning Spanish using Rosetta Stone, I'm hoping that chatting with someone regularly on italki can help me learn to use Latin-American Spanish effectively in both my personal and professional life as quickly as possible. I'm looking for a language exchange partner who can be very patient and friendly helping me progress past my beginner level of fluency. Since English is my first language, I think a Spanish speaking advanced-level English learner may be the perfect match to help both of us - in case I need to drop down to English to understand each other for a while. I'm working as a therapist helping people who are addicted to drugs and alcohol. I hope to be able to work with Spanish speaking clients someday after becoming fluent myself!