I find I love love love talking with people from other countries. I want to learn about you, your interests, your country and your culture. I went to college in Boston, and met quite a few people from other countries. Having grown up in a small southern US town, it enthralled me. I moved back to the south, married, and moved to an even smaller, more isolated town on the coast. My children were born & life was filled to the brim being the best mom I could be to my son & daughter. My love of international connections was buried simply due to a lack of coming into contact with people from other countries. Enter the new age of electronics. I was an early adopter of the computer in my graphic design business, teaching myself how to draw straight lines with two dots rather than a ruling pen. After my children were grown, I went back to college to learn all about building websites. That was during the very early years of social media and blogs. A friend I had met in my earlier college days in Boston found & connected with me through email. That interaction sparked a rebirth of my drive to speak another language fluently. Spanish had been my focus years ago and so was a natural choice for me again. There is a local Latino population that can perhaps give me opportunities to practice I’ve taken 2 Add1Challenges and will most likely take another in Spanish to achieve a solid intermediate level. I also want to learn Italian, as my husband & I traveled to Italy and it was a fantastic experience. In the small towns, they were very receptive to my attempt to use what few Italian words I knew. We are so blessed to have these additional electronic means to learn to speak to others in their native language. You can learn so much!! Primary tools I use: Duolingo Memrise LyricsTraining Mondly I listen to Latino radio stations, occasionally watch Netflix movies in my target language w English subtitles