1. What’s your story? How did you get into all these languages?

My journey with languages began at a very young age. Spanish was my first foreign language, which I started learning at the age of six. Later, during primary school, I began studying English. At college, I pursued formal studies in French and English language and literature, which led me to become a professional teacher.

After completing my studies, I started learning Russian, a language that shares certain similarities with my native language, which made the process particularly engaging. Portuguese came next; I learned it independently, supported by my existing knowledge of French and Spanish.

Most recently, I began studying Arabic four years ago, and today I speak it at a conversational level. Learning languages has been both a professional path and a lifelong passion for me.

2. Which language(s) do you wish you could spend more time practising?

It would definitely be Arabic as I do not have many opportunities to speak it outside of classes with my Arabic teacher.

3. What are some languages you’d like to learn in the future?

I would like to learn Hebrew, which reminds me of French, along with German and Greek.

4. So let’s be honest, which language has the most charm for you?

It is definitely French, as this is the language I chose to study. In addition, I spent some time living in France, which further enhanced my love for the language.

5. What’s the greatest pleasure you get from speaking so many languages?

The greatest pleasure I get from speaking multiple languages is the sense of gaining insight into other cultures. When I speak another language, I feel like an integrated part of that culture rather than an outsider.

6. Some people say the world is really just going to have a few languages left in a

100 years, do you think this is really true?

I disagree with it 100%. As long as there are humans, there would be different languages and that is the whole beauty of it.

7. What is your message to young (and not so young) people out there who are

Interested in studying multiple languages?

Make a realistic plan and just do it. Don’t wait for “when I have some free time”. Instead, incorporate it into daily life. Put your mobile phone into your target language, watch every night your favourite show in that language, breathe that language. The process in uncredible :)-