Nicolás Canales is the founder and head of SPANISH Black Belt language tutoring services in Washington DC, Maryland MD and Virginia VA.

Nicolás, a native Spanish speaker from Peru, acquired a strong passion for tutoring since his early days in high school. Back then he tutored Mathematics, Chemistry and Physics to other students his age. His interest in learning languages started when he was very young while he struggled to learn English at the best language institutes and came across with his own methods for learning his new language frustrated with the inefficacy and inefficiency of traditional methods. He and his associate tutors now share this knowledge with SPANISH Black Belt students to help them develop language learning skills at speeds that exceed their expectations.

Nicolás has proven business and entrepreneurial experience in the U.S. market and abroad and is familiar with the tutoring services best practices in Europe, Asia, Latin America and the United States. He graduated summa cum laude from a top economical sciences school in Peru, worked for a while in different industries and then moved to the United States to earn a Masters Degree in Business Administration from Vanderbilt University. He founded this company a year after he graduated.

He lived in Japan and traveled extensively to other destinations, has worked with Wells Fargo Bank, analyzing the Hispanic market, and now manages SPANISH black belt and acts as Customer Satisfaction Assurance coordinator. In his free time, Nicolás enjoys cycling, surfing and other outdoor adventure sports.

Ana Trisan is a native Spanish speaker from Spain. She holds Bachelor's degree in Business Sciences from Universidad de Zaragoza, and she works with Spanish Black Belt as Director of Admissions and Scheduling. She also works as a Spanish instructor for adults living in the Washington DC metropolitan area.

Since joining the Spanish Black Belt team in March 2005, Mrs. Trisan has made valuable contributions to our organization including developing most part of the proprietary training material we currently use, assisting in class scheduling, and designing and developing many of our marketing campaigns.

In her free time Ana enjoys spending time with her family at home, cycling along the Potomac, and cooking tapas.

Alfredo Elejalde is a native Spanish speaker from Peru. He works for Spanish Black Belt as the coordinator of Academics Affairs. Alfredo contributes with his ideas and know-how towards the continuous improvement of our program and proprietary materials.

Alfredo has extensive experience teaching Spanish at all levels both in the United States and in Peru. Some of the institutions in which he has taught include Vanderbilt University, Pontificia Universidad Catolica del Peru, Universidad Femenina del Sagrado Corazon, Universidad San Ignacio de Loyola, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, and Inmaculada High School. His work includes many publications and presentations in academic conferences at Georgia Southern University, Tulane University and Pontificia Universidad Catolica del Peru.

Alfredo carries a Masters of Arts in Spanish from Vanderbilt University. He is currently writing his Ph.D. dissertation, and honors our Spanish Black Belt name by practicing Karate in his free time. It is in this discipline, Karate, that Alfredo also holds a Black Belt.

Andres Roblero

Andres Roblero is a native Spanish speaker from Costa Rica. He holds a Bachelor's degree in Business Administration from Universidad de La Salle in San Jose, Costa Rica. He works with Spanish Black Belt as human resources coordinator and also as Spanish instructor for adults and children living in the Washington DC metropolitan area.

In his function of HR coordinator, Andres is responsible for recruiting new tutors and for inspiring these new tutors to adopt our teaching standards.

Soon after joining the Spanish Black Belt team in September 2005, Mr. Roblero became one of the very finest instructors in our team, and later, the first tutor to supervise other tutors.

Santiago Anria

Mr. Santiago Anria is a fully bilingual native Spanish speaker from Argentina. He holds a graduate Diploma in American Studies from Smith College and a Bachelor's degree in International Relations from Universidad del Salvador in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

As development coordinator, Santiago is responsible for implementing new initiatives that help the institute stay up the trend in best practices.

In his free time, Santiago enjoys playing soccer and cooking "asados", the Argentinean jargon for a fabulous BBQ.