Janita Chapman Leach is the Program Director for Lango Hampton Roads, an Information Technology Consultant and a mother of two Lango students. Being raised by two parent educators, Janita understands the importance of providing children with a strong educational foundation at an early age. As a mother, she is continuously looking for opportunities to provide the best learning experiences possible. That is why she firmly believes that Lango provides unique enhancement to any preschool and/or elementary school curriculum.
As the Area Director for Hampton Roads Lango, her goal is to bring quality classes in convenient locations throughout the week. But what truly makes Lango's classes successful? The answer to that question is most definitely our devoted and tireless teachers.
Lango's teachers make our classes truly exceptional. In our selection process, we look for five distinctive qualities: native/bilingual fluency, limitless positive energy, creativity, teaching experience with relevant age groups and outstanding communication skills with both children and their parents. In addition to these qualities our teachers bring unique cultural perspectives and professional backgrounds that enable them to create rich and engaging experiences in the classroom. If you are interested in becoming a Lango teacher, please contact us today.
Lango is headquartered in San Francisco, California where the concept of Lango was born and the curriculum perfected. Lango's first language focus was Spanish but has since branched out to include Mandarin and French.
Meet the Lango Hampton Roads Team:
Kimberly Alston is an Administrative Consultant for Lango Hampton Roads. She has a Master of Science in elementary education. She taught elementary school for eleven years prior to the birth of her young daughter Ariella. She is now a homemaker running her own home businesses. As an Administrative Consultant for Lango Hampton Roads she assists with website management and marketing.
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Senorita/Mademoiselle Luiza
Luiza Buzatu is originally from Romania and is fluent in four different languages: English, Romanian, French and Spanish. Her passion for languages started in preschool when her parents put her in a foreign language program similar to Lango and she started learning English. Next,she continued with learning Spanish and French in Middle School and then graduated a Foreign Language High School. She has a Bachelor Degree in Languages and is certified to teach French, Spanish and English. Every summer in High school and College she participated in different Foreign Language Programs (like ‘Work and Travel’, ‘Youngster without Borders’ or ‘Summer Courses with Scottish Teachers’) having a chance to travel around the world and practice her languages with natives and improving her communication skills. She enjoys working with children and is very ambitious, creative, energetic, dedicated and positive.
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Senorita Judy
Judyliz Diaz is proud to be one of the Spanish teachers at Lango. She first started teaching in 2002 while studying for her B.A. in Puerto Rico and has been teaching ever since. She has taught students of all ages and backgrounds and has enjoyed every minute of it. She has also had the great opportunity of traveling to Spain and Mexico, among other countries. Learning languages and about other cultures is her passion. She looks forward to seeing you in her classroom soon!
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Senorita Jiuliana
Jiuliana M. Meza Alcazar is originally from Lima- Peru, where she studied to be a teacher of social science in high school. She has 2 years of experience in Lima’s public schools. She came to the United States through an exchange student program. This experience made her realize how important it is to know more than one language. She is a senior at Old Dominion University. Her major is education with a concentration in foreign languages (Spanish). She loves to work with young children because they are in the discovery stage therefore they are always open to learn. Jiuliana strongly believes that foreign languages should be taught to children as young as possible.
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Meet the San Francisco team!
Michael Fee, Lango's Managing Director, has spent his entire career in education, starting as a high school English Teacher with Teach For America in rural Arkansas. Since then, he has held various leadership positions, including running after-school tutoring centers for Score Educational Centers and leading Intrax Cultural Exchange's study abroad and English-instruction businesses. He also earned his BA from Stanford and his MBA from the Stanford Graduate School of Business. Most proudly, he is father to three children, all of whom are learning Spanish at Lango!
Brigette Larrusso, Lango's Director of Curriculum and Training learned Spanish from her Puerto Rican grandmother while growing up in New York City. She has designed programs for Catholic Relief Services, the United Nations Association, USAID and the New York City Department of Education. Brigette's work has taken her to Guatemala, El Salvador, Mexico and Peru where she worked with young children, community leaders, teachers and local government officials. Brigette holds a BA in Political Science and a Masters degree in Public Administration from Columbia University. She is committed to teaching all young children a second language as the key to bridging the divide between people of all backgrounds.
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