‘Ad astra per aspera.’
To the stars through struggle (Latin saying)
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Bienvenidos! Hello and welcome to my blog/ portfolio!
My name is Ramin Hafezi I’m 28 years old and from California. I was born in LA but grew up in a small city in the San Diego area. In southern California all of the place names are in Spanish, so the name of my home town Escondido ‘hidden’ is quite appropriate.
My family background is a unique mix: I’m Iranian on my father’s side & Mexican on my mother’s side, so my love of the Spanish language is nothing new. Growing up I heard a mix of both Persian (Farsi) and Spanish in the home, but sadly, I was only ever taught English. As I grew older, I became determined to learn the languages of both sides of my heritage; so that quest eventually led me to Madrid.
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I double-majored in Humanities and the Spanish language as an undergrad, and studied abroad in Madrid in 2012. I became enamored with the city and its culture, and that’s how I found out about the auxiliar program; that’s also when I got bit by the ‘teaching bug’.
I love school and I love learning, but ironically I didn’t know until after graduating that I had a medical disorder! I was diagnosed with ADHD around my final year of university; which might explain why it took me so ling to finish school. But I wasn’t perturbed! Struggle after all is how we all grow as people. After getting my degree in Humanities in 2016, I desperately wanted to be on the other side of the classroom! I wanted to share what I’d learned with the world; so I’ve been working nonstop until I could bring myself to Madrid!
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I don’t know how long I’ll be here in Madrid, but something inside me, call it intuition, is telling me that this is just the first step on a much bigger journey. I hope to someday teach all over the world and use all the experience and knowledge I’ve gathered to help my students (both kids and adults) improve their lives.
My motto: Never give up never stop! If you know you want something, peruse it with all you’ve got!
NOTE!! I am an audio-visual learner I need to see and hear something in order to understand and learn about it. So for this website I will use a lot of educational youtube videos and links. I do not own ANY of these materials no copyright infringement is intended. The credit goes to the original creators respectively. All works and projects are shared for educational purposes only.