Three Years Advocating for Hispanic Culture!
More than fifty families have been taught by Speak Spanish in the past three years, but its creator, Eagle River-based Dominican Katherine Beaulieu, has had the idea for a decade.Katherine Beaulieu was born and raised in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. She studied at the Universidad Nacional Pedro Henríquez Ureña, where she graduated as an interior designer. She is currently finishing her degree in Business Administration at the University of Grand Canyon. She has been working in the educational field for six years, four of them teaching Spanish.
Katherine has lived in Alaska for about fifteen years. She came here to raise a family. Ten years ago, she thought of establishing a Spanish program for young children, with the purpose of providing help in Spanish or teaching Spanish as a second language. Three years ago, she created Speak Spanish, which has worked with more than 50 families, “and we are still expanding thanks to the support of the community,” she tells us. Today she has students of all ages. Do you consider yourself an activist in the defense of Hispanic culture in the United States? Totally! My job is to teach my students about our culture, language, customs and traditions. So far, the Speak Spanish project has not received any outside help. But Katherine is very grateful “for the support of our community and we hope we can continue to provide our services in the best way so that all our students can Speak Spanish!” |