With Ellie Galvez-Hard & Linda West, Group Leaders
Hola! SPANISH anyone? This spring, join a new Special Interest Group for OLLI members interested in brushing up on their Spanish speaking skills. The meetings will have an informal approach and you may join our bi-weekly meetings at your convenience. We will watch movies and documentaries, read books etc., all approached with a multicultural perspective. We will decide on and confirm meeting places as we meet and explore the flavors of Mexican/Latin American cuisine. Meetings will take place at Spanish speaking restaurants to practice your own skills. This spring the group will be watching a Netflix series show El Rey. It is about the life of a famous Mexican singer-Vicente Fernandez. It is in Spanish with English subtitles.
Special Interest Groups are available to OLLI members only.
Every Other Tuesday: March 7-May 16 • 1-2:30 p.m.
In-person: Meeting location varies
$30 • Class #: 23911
Ellie Galvez-Hard
Ellie Galvez-Hard was born and raised in Santiago, Chile. She came to the U.S. in 1972 and lived in California, and then Germany, Colombia, and Mexico. She has also traveled to Argentina, Costa Rica, Belize, Guatemala, Ecuador, Italy, Spain, Portugal and France. As a former multicultural educator of teachers at Sonoma State University, she liked learning about other cultures and the similarities and differences that make us who we are. She is a graduate from HSU, and she is a recent retired professor of bilingual elementary teachers. She taught Multicultural Pedagogy at Sonoma State University for over 20 years. Dr. Ellie loves to share her many experiences, as well as learn from others. She is fully bilingual in Spanish and English, and her courses will facilitate conversational Spanish sprinkled with lots of culture.
