Improve Your Spanish

6-Week In-Person Course | Tuesdays, June 3-July 8 | 6-7:30 PM

Tuition $180
Basic Spanish Required
Limited space. Register today.
Enrollment Qs: christy.gorgeleadership@gmail.com

Hosted at our campus: 1030 E. Jewett Blvd., White Salmon.

Enhance your career and connect to community with Conversational Spanish

Taught by Oriol Solé Costa, a retired high school Spanish teacher, this small-group course is designed to help you communicate with greater fluency and cultural understanding. The sessions will focuses on:

  • real conversation,

  • practical language skills,

  • and the cultural nuances that bring Spanish to life.

Whether you're looking to reconnect with the language or take your skills further, you'll gain confidence through interactive dialogue and expert guidance.

Learning Outcomes:

  • Engage confidently in conversations with native Spanish speakers around topics, such as work, food, and world issues.

  • Deepen your understanding of cultural context and communication styles.

  • Build fluency through interactive dialogue and practical, real-world discussions.

Faculty: Oriol Solé Costa

Oriol Solé Costa is an Argentine-born bilingual educator with a rich multicultural background. He first learned English in the U.S. as a child and became a naturalized American citizen in 1984.

Oriol served as a certified Spanish-English court interpreter in California and Washington before earning a Master’s in Teaching with a Spanish Endorsement from Oregon.

He taught Spanish to native speakers at Hood River Valley High School for 18 years and brings a wealth of real-world experience, including Spanish language instruction aboard the USCG icebreaker Polar Sea during scientific expeditions to Antarctica.

Since retiring in 2016, he continues to share his love for teaching as a ski instructor at Mt. Hood Meadows.