About FluentWithClaire

Hello, I’m Claire, founder of FluentWithClaire. I teach Spanish and French to expats and aspiring expats through live, online, full-immersion courses designed for real life abroad.

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Languages are my God-given gift. I began learning Italian at age two through my mother’s work in the travel industry, training my ear to absorb languages naturally. By seven, I was immersed in a Spanish-speaking community, and by fifteen I was studying abroad in Latin America, where Spanish became second nature. In high school, I would compete in statewide Spanish-language competitions and judges often asked whether I was a native speaker. By college (Emory University), I was working at Latin American embassies in Atlanta, GA, entirely in Spanish.

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I later taught myself French in one semester, studied abroad in Paris, and moved there after graduation. Parisians regularly mistook me for a native speaker. I went on to attend law school in France, studying entirely in French, and graduated with honors before working at a Paris law firm.

 

Along the way, I've traveled the world as a certified Spanish- and French-speaking flight attendant. On paper, I am a trained linguist with from Emory University. In life, I am a fellow expat.