Kinder Spanish - Director Señora Cristina Restrepo, born in Portugal, has over 20 years of business and teaching experience in Florida and North Carolina. Señora Cristina founded KinderSpanish with the goal of providing young students the experience of the Spanish language by utilizing music, props and pictures to accentuate the learning process. Señora Cristina taught at Saint Pius in Greensboro from K thru 8. The teaching experience there helped reinforced the concept of early childhood education in foreign languages for better learning results. Señora Cristina is the mother of threes boys, of whom speak Spanish. She is fluent in English, Spanish,Portuguese and ASL.

​Señor Oscar Oviedo is from Colombia, South America. He has been teaching music for over 10 years in private and public schools and his experience includes the direction of instrumental and vocal ensembles.  Señor Oscar is the music composer of the  Cantando en español Music Book & CD volume 1, 2, & 3.

Kinder Spanish - Instructor

I am Jessica Najarro, daughter of Guatemalean parents from Central American. I grew up beeing around children as my mother was a babysitter for over 30 years.  I love children, they bring so much joy to my life and bring the silliness out in me as well as my inner child. My goal is to guide students to learn the Spanish language and culture through music and ASL.

My hobbies include; travel, hike, cook and spend quality time with my husband and kids.

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Señora Maribel Solano Hill as born in Costa Rica, Central America. She is a native Spanish speaker. After graduating from HS, she studied business at American Business Academy and English as a second language at Centro Cultural Costarricense Norteamericano. She worked as a substitute at St. Pius School and Bishop McGuinness HS. She also taught at San Luis Gonzaga HS as an English Teacher in Costa Rica. Señora Maribel loves working with children and enjoys teaching Spanish. She loves spending time with her husband and two daughters.