At ¡Amigos!   We create an easy-going environment where the language will flow organically and spontaneously from the children.

Photo Credit: Maya Popova

Photo Credit: Maya Popova

Founder/Owner 

Itzel Popova – SSL Teacher

Education:

  • Master’s in Electrical Engineering, University of Iowa

Experience:

  • Teaching Assistant, Spanish and Portuguese Department, University of Iowa

  • Spanish Teacher at Berlitz Language School, MBS, and SDOC

  • Founder & Owner of Amigos since 2011

Skills & Interests:

  • Native Spanish speaker, fluent in English

  • Passionate about early childhood education and Hispanic culture

  • Part of a multicultural, multilingual family