Done works as a Spanish teacher since 2013. She grew up in Albacete, a small city in the centre of Spain.
She loves travelling and learning languages and came up with the best way of doing both without having to move from Spain’s capital city, as she has the fulfilling opportunity of seeing the whole world through her students’ eyes. Not only does she shares her culture, but she also learns from the differences between the nationalities that can merge in one classroom.
What is your favorite travel memory?
I have a lot of dear memories from my different trips, and thus it is quite difficult to choose just one.
Half quoting Joey Tribbiani from Friends: “Love is based on giving and receiving, as well as having and sharing. […]” And so are life and travelling. I’ve travelled alone, with friends and family, and each time I’ve been able to meet people eager to share your experiences with others, might that be an anecdote or just a piece of conversation.
My favourite travel memory is the people that I’ve met and how I’ve seen them open to other points of view. Even those times in which we could not speak a common language, communication was not difficult thanks to our common will to share with one another.
How have you changed/grown since working for your current company?
I truly think every step is important to grow as a better person and a better professional. Since working in In2Spanish, I feel more relaxed and trustworthy, as I feel that I am part of a new growing project whose first aim is the student, their needs and their own ways to learn.
It is a challenge I enjoy dealing with every day. I have different responsibilities than I’ve had before, and it is fun to take these steps while doing what I love in a place I believe in.
What is the best story you've heard from a return student?
It is not what I’ve heard from my students but mostly what I’ve seen. Let’s keep in mind that I take part in their experience abroad.
In their time in Spain, what I see is a bunch of people from very distant realities, countries and ages mix among them all and learn to live side by side. I see them achieve it by helping each other work through their struggles and problems of all kinds, ranging from frustration to the loss of a loved one. Moreover, they create community and bonds that turn into the most adorable and shocking friendships, like the one of a Turkish teenager and a Japanese retiree or the time that a 65-year-old Icelander and a 25-year-old Chinese entrepreneur that spent all their free time travelling around.
If you could go on any program that your company offers, which one would you choose and why?
I love learning languages. Every time that I can, I ask for a different expression that I might be able to use, like thank you. So far, I can successfully hold a conversation in 4 languages, so you can see that I enjoy learning and communicating.
That’s why In2Inmmersion would be the program I’d choose. I could invest 4 hours a day studying and sharing learning strategies with other students, plus 1 extra hour having a one to one lesson, in which I would be able to strengthen every concept.
What makes your company unique? When were you especially proud of your team?
Our company is unique and I would also say rare, like eclipses. Why? The main reason is our youth that conveys a will to work for the student and to learn from their needs that many old schools have forgotten for the sake of numbers.
And I’m proud of our team's energy, our bonds and our ease of communication. We build the school day by day, side by side, which is not only something to be proud of but also something that makes me very happy.
What do you believe to be the biggest factor in being a successful company?
Something that I am very proud of is communication. This should be the main aim of any company and the one and only factor that would show if it is truly successful.
Communication consists not only in the freedom to give one's opinion but also in the disposition of those in charge to listen and give the appropriate feedback. That's to say, that I strongly believe in the success of a company as the success of the whole of its members.
