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Learn from the person who wrote the curriculum.

A handful of families each term get Natalie herself: native Mexico City Spanish, degrees in Spanish and Linguistics, fifteen years of teaching. Spots are few, because she also writes everything on this site.

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Native speaker · Mexico City Spanish & Linguistics, Purdue 12 books in print
Natalie Castner
Miss Natie, the teacher in all 29 pronunciation videos
Not marketplace tutoringConversation apps rent you a native speaker. This is a credentialed language teacher with a linguistics degree who wrote a two-year published curriculum, and builds your child's lessons out of it.
The lesson feeds the planEvery private student works inside the Mamá Chilanga scope and sequence, so lessons, workbooks and videos all point the same direction. No marketplace tutor can bundle that.
Small on purposeNatalie takes a limited number of students per term. Writing curriculum is the main job, and that's why these spots are priced like the specialist's time they are.
1-on-1 virtual lessons

Private Spanish lessons with Natalie

Online, live, and built around your child. For comparison: credentialed native teachers on the big platforms run $20–60/hour, and none of them wrote the book your child is learning from.

Single lesson

Try it, or top up as needed
$55
per hour · $30 per 30-min for young learners
  • Live 1-on-1 with Natalie
  • Placed into the 35-week scope & sequence
  • Homework from the actual workbooks
  • $25 intro half-hour for new families
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Semester Track Best value

The serious option: 16 weeks, 1 lesson/week
$699
16 × 45-min lessons + the full Super Bundle included
  • Weekly 45-minute private lesson, all term
  • Spanish 1 Super Bundle included ($149.99 value)
  • Progress notes to parents each month
  • Priority rebooking for next semester
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Lesson packs

Commit and save
$260 / 5
or $495 for 10 · prepaid, valid 6 months
  • Same private lessons, lower effective rate
  • Flexible scheduling within the term
  • Sibling small-group option: $25/child/hour (3–5 kids)
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Consulting

For parents, teachers, co-ops and schools

You don't need Natalie every week to get her expertise. These are one-off engagements that set you up to run the Spanish program yourself.

Parent coaching

"Set up my homeschool Spanish"
$95
per 60-min session
  • A personalised year plan for your kids' ages & level
  • Exactly what to do each week, with any curriculum
  • Launch package: 3 sessions for $249, includes a written plan
  • Email-only curriculum audit: $49
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Teacher & co-op training Most booked

Equip a non-fluent teacher to run the class
$295
90-min virtual workshop · up to 25 attendees
  • How to teach the curriculum without speaking Spanish
  • Pronunciation bootcamp for teachers
  • Half-day virtual: $495 · on-site day: $1,500 + travel
  • Comparable world-language PD workshops run $2,700–$6,500/day
Enquire for your group

School program consulting

Start or fix a Spanish program
$150
per hour · advisory
  • Program Startup package: $4,500 covers a needs assessment, scope & sequence, 2 staff trainings and 90 days of email support
  • Pairs with the school licence
  • Invoice / purchase-order friendly
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Availability

Ask about a spot

Tell us what you're looking for and Natalie will reply with current availability. No payment now.

Or email natie@mamachilanga.com directly.

Questions

Practical details

How do lessons happen?
Live video call, on Zoom or Google Meet, whichever suits your family. Lessons follow the Mamá Chilanga scope and sequence, so your child's private hour and their workbook point in the same direction.
Why is availability limited?
Because teaching isn't Natalie's only job — she writes and maintains the curriculum. A small student roster keeps lesson quality high and the books getting written. If a term is full, the enquiry form puts you first in line for the next one.
Do we need the curriculum to take lessons?
No, but it helps, and the Semester Track simply includes it. Lesson-only students get relevant pages as homework.
What ages do you teach?
Most private students are 5–14. Adults are welcome too (the Language Journal crowd). Just say so on the form.
What's your cancellation policy?
24 hours' notice reschedules a lesson free. Packs are valid for 6 months from purchase.