Tag Archives: Spanish

Abby Fleming (‘21): Middle School Teaching Fellow

By Crawford Craig There’s a familiar face in the halls of Collegiate this year—only now she’s on the teaching side of the…

New Teacher Spotlight: Cristina Whitaker, Upper School Spanish

By Amber Aldrich At the beginning of the 2024-2025 school year, Collegiate had the pleasure of welcoming Cristina Whitaker to the Upper…

Honors Feature: Suffering with Dementia and Alzheimer’s

By Olivia D’Ambrosia We sat, as we always did, on the porch with the chessboard between us. He let me choose the…

Liz Bowling: Upper School Spanish Teacher and Friendly Face Retiring After 22 Years

By Clarkie Ackerly When Upper School Spanish teacher and World Languages department chair Liz Bowling arrived to Collegiate’s campus in 1996, the…

Faculty Profile: Señora Esperanza Soria-Nieto

By Syd Jamison Upper School Spanish teacher Señora Esperanza Soria-Nieto grew up in the southern part of Spain, in Seville, which is…

Ling Fung-Wu: Teaching Spanish Via China, Venezuela, NYC, and RVA

By Emma Blackwood Very few people have lived in three countries, speak three languages, and have survived multiple authoritarian regimes. Ling Fung-Wu…