We are a group of different people who have come together to create espaanglisch. We really look forward to and enjoy working side by side with people from different cultures, different beliefs, different opinions, different dreams, and from different backgrounds all over the world.
We are a team and every team needs a leader, meet the founder of espaanglisch :
David Mercedes.
I’m the one who is in charge of espaanglisch. I also give the Spanish lessons in two different courses that I created myself, they are:
- Becoming a Peruvian
- Spanishment to survive.
I’ve been teaching low cost Castellano, and English lessons to locals and tourists for 4 years now, in Trujillo and Huanchaco and I love what I do for a living. I do not consider it “work” because for me a job or a work sounds like something one has to do it for the money but rarely for pleasure. I like teaching and working with different people from all over the world, it’s like traveling with all the stories and all the experiences that my students and volunteers have had and share with me.
As much as I enjoy teaching language, I enjoy learning it as well, I speak fluent English, some German, some Italian and obviously my mother language Castellano or Español.
Elmo Ladero. Salsexy, going salsy.
I’m the salsa teacher for Espaanglisch. Dance is my passion and I enjoy learning different types of dance from all over the world. In addition to teaching Salsa and Merengue, I dance ballet for the largest Ballet company in city of Trujillo.
Dance can be a difficult thing to learn from many people and it may take time to feel comfortable and get jiggy with it! However, with my expertise and a bit of practice, I can make even the most uncoordinated people seem like a natural on the dance floor. I really like salsa because I feel that it is a really sexy and passionate dance, after a while you really learn to feel the music and can concentrate on the moves and the eyes of your partner and I guarantee that you will go salsexy.
I do not speak English but thats ok because in dance, your body does the speaking.
Chicho Huamanchumo. ( Wistana surf school )
He is our Teacher and a great surfer who runs an surfers school in Huanchaco called Wistana surfer school.
Joan Louis Aponte, our local artist friend. The Art of Joan louis defies simple 
classification. Abstract fields and shapes coexist with still-life and illustrative figures. The rich earthy tones show a loning for the essential qualities of both real objects and of nebulous ideas. The thick and swirling textures of these pictures allow us to witness,almost to experiencie,the very process of painting itself. See more of his art at www.joanlouis.com