Dinner-Party Diplomacy: From Santo Domingo to Medellín, One Table at a Time
I still remember the first time I tried to host a “proper” dinner party in the Dominican Republic. I’d only been on the island a few months, my
Dictation on Wheels: Turning Commute Minutes into Spanish Pronunciation Gold
Harnessing idle commute time—whether wedged into a Santo Domingo guagua or gliding on Medellín’s metro—can supercharge pronunciation when ble
Dialing for Gold: Crafting Cold-Calling Scripts That Resonate in Spanish-Speaking Markets
I once coached a Dominican sales squad that sold cloud storage to small Colombian clinics. They opened every call with the literal translation of thei
DGII Spanish for Humans: Filing IR-1/IR-2, Understanding ITBIS, and Asking for a “Devolución”
Ten years ago, on an August morning that smelled like café de greca and diesel, I walked into the Dirección General de Impuestos Internos (DGII) in
Designing 90-Day SMART Goals for Spanish
A Wake-Up Call in a Dominican Barber Chair Three months ago, in Santo Domingo’s barrio Gazcue, I plopped into my barber’s squeaky chair and boaste