Welcome! My teaching focuses on my student's strengths and reasons for learning. I ensure that students are taught from a personalized curriculum that brings them closer to their goals while emphasizing the language fundamentals that will prepare and enrich them for life. I believe I can engage any curious or dedicated student with this eclectic mix of perspectives and experience.

My name is Patricia Hickok and I am the director of our new school location in Long Beach. I am a graduate of Cal State University Long Beach and have a bachelors degree in Liberal Studies/Psychology. I was a preschool teacher and taught ESL (English as a Second Language) at Purche Elementary in Gardena. I am fluent in Spanish. My mother was born and raised in Peru where she was a teacher and studied English. She came to the United States and taught Spanish. When she married my father, they sent for my grandmother. She cared for my brother and I since birth which is very common in the Latin culture. Our Abuelita did not speak English so Spani...