A native El Pasoan, Andi is an experienced classroom teacher and college level instructor. She earned her BS in Education at UTEP and her MA Education in All Levels Reading at UT San Antonio. Andi brings to La Paz leadership and administrative experience from 20 years of volunteering at church, and in the Junior League of El Paso and local PTA`s. She is proud of her husband, Rick and her 4 children.

As an English teacher and Assistant Principal in an English High School in Argentina, Alba gained a love for language training. She brought her experience to El Paso in 1997 where she earned a MA in Spanish Literature from UTEP. She worked as a Teaching Assistant at UTEP as she and her husband, Ricardo, started a business and raised their four children. Meanwhile, she held the idea of a language academy, similar to those in her native Argentina.