MEET THE LANGUAGE PLUS TEAM
STEVE CAHN
Title: Institute Director
How long have you been in the education field?: More than 20 years in language teaching and 2.5 years as a corporate management trainer
What is your favorite thing about teaching/working at Language Plus?: The quality of the genuinely caring people I work with, and ability to think freely on how to help a wide variety of people achieve their particular life goals.
Where are you from?: I primarily grew up, had the vast majority of my education and engaged in a large portion of professional life in the New York City metropolitan area.
What is your favorite thing about your career?: I have had the freedom to make many job choices and choose a variety of paths, with a central theme of helping others consistently running through it.
Who knows you the best?: So far, I do.
HANNAH HAMNER
[email protected] 716-598-2374
Titles: Academic Director & Community Relations Manager
How long have you been in the education field?: Since 2014
What is your favorite thing about teaching/working at Language Plus?: I love the atmosphere at Language Plus. The instructors, staff and students are all great and I enjoy being around people dedicated to learning!
Where are you from? Buffalo, New York
When I’m not teaching I’m… following the open road, dancing at the country bar down the street, and re-reading Harry Potter.
If you could live anywhere, where would it be? Colombia!
What languages do you speak? I speak English and Spanish and I’ve dabbled in Greek and Portuguese.
OUR INSTRUCTORS
Please meet our instructors! They are native speakers, with eclectic professional teaching backgrounds, qualifications, and wonderful personalities. They are carefully selected based also on their creativity, adaptability, classroom mindset, and passion for teaching. Language Plus instructors are truly dedicated to helping you further develop the communication skills and confidence you need to use the language effectively, in your daily life.
DELIA HERNANDEZ
Title: English/Spanish Instructor
How long have you been in the education field?: More than 45 years
Where are you from?: California
What is your favorite thing about your career?: I really really really love when I see my students succeed.
What motivates me to work hard?: When I became a teacher, I promised myself I would quit if I ever lost the love of learning and the excitement of teaching. Well, I’m still here, teaching! C’mon let’s start class! ¿Listos? ¡Hablemos español!
EMMA LICON
Title: Spanish Instructor
How long have you been in the education field?: 40+ years
What is your favorite thing about teaching/working at Language Plus?: Language Plus has become a family to me. It has given me the opportunity to do what I love most – teaching. Thanks to Language Plus, I have been able to meet different people from different places and make more friends.
Where are you from?: Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua, México
What motivates you to work hard?: What motivates me to work hard is the enthusiasm of the students when they try hard to speak the language they are learning.
If you could only eat one meal for the rest of your life, what would it be?: The meal I would eat is beef. l love beef.
STEVE DISE
Title: English/German/French/Spanish Instructor
How long have you been in the education field?: 20+ years
What is your favorite thing about teaching/working at Language Plus?: Meeting people from all over the world.
Where are you from?: El Paso, Texas
When I’m not teaching I’m… spending time with family and friends and continuing to learn from life.
What three items would you take to a desert island?: A good book, Mozart music, and my dog
What celebrity would you like to meet at Starbucks?: Prince
CARLOS JOLOY
Title: Spanish Instructor
How long have you been in the education field?:
I have been a Spanish teacher since 2015.
What is your favorite thing about teaching/ working at Language Plus?: The students! They are so diverse, with many different goals and challenges. Every class is fun and exciting.
Where are you from? I was born in Ciudad Madero, Tamaulipas, México. But I lived most of my life in Monterrey, Nuevo León.
If you could only eat one meal for the rest of your life, what would it be? My mom’s Pozole!!!
When I’m not teaching, I’m… hopefully traveling, but most likely playing a video game at home or spending time with my family.
ADMINISTRATIVE
SUPPORT
DANIELA QUINONES
Where are you from? I am from Cd. Juarez, Mex!
When I am not working, I am studying to be a Doctor of Physical Therapy at UTEP.
If I could meet a celebrity for coffee, I would meet the Queen of England and ask her to let me have a day in her life!
