I am so, so, so grateful for Cristina. After taking IB Spanish in high school and not getting credit for it, and then not passing the exemption exam, I was both frustrated and apprehensive about needing to take a language class at UCLA. Fortunately, Cristina more than made up for that. She is kind, funny, engaging, and always eager to help her students succeed. She is a friendly instructor and a fair grader, and she is always helpful in working around any problems students might have with assignments or grades. Overall, I would highly encourage anyone who needs to take Spanish 3 here to take it with her. Way to go, Cristina!

Taking Spanish 3 after not having taken a Spanish class for nearly four years was very daunting, but Cristina made the class so enjoyable and doable. She was very helpful and even took the time to recommend specific ways we could get more exposure to the language outside of class materials in order to be more successful - she even recommended a few Netflix shows. It was a flipped classroom format so most of the learning was done on MySpanishLab (super overpriced combined with the price of the book but I’m pretty sure every Spanish 3 class requires it), but when the class came upon topics that were more difficult or we were struggling, she would give presentations in class to clarify or give extra exercises during class time so that we could get more comfortable with the topic. If you have to take Spanish 3 and you have the option to take it with Cristina, I’d highly recommend.