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Student Spotlight: The Most Interesting Woman in the World?

by Craig | Sep 18, 2018 | Spanish, Student Spotlight

For the past 10 years I’ve been working with a German company called PFAFF Molds and during that time I have had the opportunity to meet some truly interesting people.  One of them is Vesna Hoerr. She’s from Croatia, likes to fly planes, was trained as an aircraft...

Student Spotlight: Matt Yarmey – Craft Coffee Guru

by Craig | Jul 9, 2018 | Food, Foreign Language & Business, Foreign Language Learning, Spanish, Student Spotlight

Matt Yarmey has been taking Spanish classes at the Language Academy since September 2017. Somewhere along the way we found out that he was the owner of a craft coffee business in Charlotte called so I decided to talk to him about his business and his experience with...

Reaching New Heights: one student’s adventures in Costa Rica

by Liz Bertrand | Mar 16, 2017 | Foreign Language Learning, Spanish, Student Spotlight, Travel, World Languages

by Liz Rothaus Bertrand When RaiAnne Cruz arrived in Costa Rica with a travel group from the Language Academy of the Carolinas back in 2012, she noticed two things immediately: the beautiful, tropical landscape and the friendliness of the people she met. These...

MANUFACTURING APPRENTICES LEARN SPANISH TO BOOST SKILLSET

by admin | May 18, 2016 | Foreign Language & Business, Foreign Language Learning, Spanish, Student Spotlight

by Liz Rothaus Bertrand Charlottean Matt Brown is getting a leg up in his career in an unconventional way. As a participant in the Apprenticeship 2000 program, he earned money while learning a trade and guaranteed himself a future full time job at PFAFF Molds while he...

Student Spotlight: Mike Birkle’s hunger for new languages

by admin | Jul 7, 2015 | Chinese, Foreign Language & Business, German, Spanish, Student Spotlight, Travel

by Liz Rothaus Bertrand For Mike Birkle, president of Pfaff Molds LP, learning Chinese was a matter of necessity. While traveling in Wuhu, China last spring, he discovered that no one in any of the nearby restaurants spoke English. “I ended up taking my chances...

Student Spotlight: Jennifer Moxley on Soccer, Spanish and Discovering a New World in Costa Rica

by admin | Jun 3, 2015 | Foreign Language & Business, Spanish, Student Spotlight, Travel

[Photo: Jennifer Moxley delivering soccer balls to kids in Costa Rica on behalf of Charlotte-based Peace Passers. The balls were donated to Peace Passers by a local Adidas rep.] by Liz Rothaus Bertrand When Jennifer Moxley submitted the photo above to our ongoing...
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