Global Language Course
We are pleased to announce our first global languages course introducing Spanish, French, and Japanese, to diverse learners from all over the world. Taught by native speakers, and experienced teachers, participants will learn basic phrases and words by the end of the 6-week course. Participants of all ages and backgrounds are welcome.
The Course is scheduled to begin August 6th, 2018 and end September 17th, 2018.
Interested? We are now hosting the course right here on our site! Click the Courses link below to get started!
Meet your Teachers
Stacey Raina Speller was born, July 25th, 1990, in Brooklyn, New York and raised in the Bronx by two wonderful Puerto Rican parents who adopted her at the age of 3. Stacey started playing tennis at the age of 5 and used that as her ticket in earning a full athletic scholarship for Bethune-Cookman University's Division 1 Women's Tennis Team.
She graduated with a Biology degree in 2012, continued her Master's at B-CU and obtained a degree in Transformative Leadership in 2013. She worked for the Office of Admissions at B-CU for almost 3 years where she integrated initiatives that would increase the Latino/Hispanic population at B-CU. She was then promoted to be a Student Success Coach for the College of Undergraduate Studies where she advises freshmen and sophomore students majoring in STEM.
Outside of her 8-5, she is the Primary Advisor for a club on B-CU's campus called, the Hispanic Organization for Latin Awareness (H.O.L.A.), which she help start as a student in 2011. She is the co-chair for the Latino/Hispanic Ministry at Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church in Daytona Beach, FL. She started a social media platform called HBCUOrgullo that intends to bridge the gap between the Latino/Hispanic community and all Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs).
Stacey has a true passion and commitment to the Latino/Hispanic people and wants to be a pilot of change in educating, recruiting, retaining, graduating and connecting them to all HBCUs. When Stacey isn't doing any of the aforementioned things, she's being the best mommy she can be for her 7 and 4 year old.
Stacey Speller
Born and raised in the City of Detroit, Tiera DeFoe began her education at Foreign Language Immersion and Cultural Studies School. At F.L.I.C.S, she gained fluency in Japanese alongside accelerated studies required by the state of Michigan. After her completion of eighth-grade,
Tiera spent two additional years expanding her education in the Japanese language and culture. Once an alumna of the Nationally Recognized School of Excellence, Cass Technical High School, she pursued higher education at the Great Bethune-Cookman University in Daytona Beach, Florida. Receiving various academic achievements and awards, she graduated in December 2017 with a BA in Political Science.
Tiera is currently working at a non-profit agency while pursuing law school in order to serve her community through effective and accessible government and providing opportunities for Detroit youth.
Tiera DeFoe
Ms. Johanna Leblanc is a socially conscious foreign affairs and national security professional. She migrated to the United States from Port-au-Prince, Haiti at the age of ten (10). Growing up, Ms. Leblanc always believed that the surest way to success was through education. Having placed much emphasis on education throughout her life, in 2016 Ms. Leblanc graduated with a Doctor of Jurisprudence (JD) from Indiana University- Robert
H. McKinney School of Law where she focused on international law. Ms. Leblanc is currently pursuing a Master of Laws (LL.M.) in National Security and U.S. Foreign Affairs Law at The George Washington University School of law in Washington, D.C
Ms. Leblanc also holds a Master of Science in Public Administration from Florida A&M University, and a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from Bethune- Cookman University.
Ms. Leblanc has over five (5) years of experience in teaching at the collegiate level. In the past, Ms. Leblanc has taught “Branding” and “The Legal Rights of Grandparents and Non-Custodial Parents” at Indiana University-Purdue University.
Ms. Leblanc’s ultimate goal is to utilize her education and work experience to influence policies that will have a direct political, social, and economical impact on the Middle East and Western Africa. Her focus areas are counterterrorism, intelligence, and immigration.
Ms. Leblanc currently resides in Washington, D.C.