PORTUGUESE FOR FOREIGNERS: Professora experiente com Mestrado em Letras . Teacher with experience with a master degree in Language.

I have been learning Portuguesse from Cristina for already two years and it has been a great experience.
She is a very thoughtful teacher who puts a lot of thought into how she presents the materials.
Cristina paces the class just right so you feel challenged but not overwhelmed.
She is great at building confidence and keeping lessons fun and engaging through a variety of activities that improve conversation, writing, and reading skills.
Highly recommended!

Ola! Cristina is an excellent teacher. She is patient but also makes learning fun. I appreciate that she is always prepared for class but can also adjust to the student. I highly recommend her as a teacher!

Cristina and I met over several months to work on my Portuguese. I was already speaking at an advanced level, but Cristina helped me to further improve and to correct some lingering mistakes. Cristina was well prepared for our lessons with level-appropriate materials, and she made use of authentic, native materials as well. I appreciated her enthusiasm and breadth of knowledge. Cristina is formally trained, and she can explain things at a basic level or at a more advanced one using more specific grammatical and linguistic terms. I think that students at all levels can benefit from Cristina's knowledge and guidance.

Cristina que professora incrível, ela foi muito paciente e compreensiva. Tivemos excelentes pontos de poder antes de cada aula que tivemos. Também alguns ótimos trabalhos de casa para estudar durante a semana. Fiquei muito confortável com o progresso que ela liderou e consegui dominar o básico em algumas aulas.

Meu marido e eu estávamos viajando para o Brasil para o casamento do minha prima e queríamos poder conversar o suficiente para aproveitar nossa viagem ao Rio de Janeiro. Já falei em nível avançado e meu marido era iniciante. Descobrimos que nossas aulas com Cristina foram muito úteis no aprendizado do idioma. Ela é uma excelente professora, paciente e gentil ao ensinar vocabulário, gramática, estrutura de frases e pronúncia. Ela também tem planos de aula bem elaborados. Aprendemos com Christina ao longo de quase um ano e, quando visitamos o Brasil, aprendemos português mais do que suficiente para nos sentirmos confortáveis conversando com nossos amigos e familiares. Eu recomendo Cristina se você estiver procurando por um professor altamente eficaz.

I've taken well over 100 hour-long classes with Cristina over the past 2.5 years and have gone from an A1 to a B2+ (bordering on C1 - advanced) on the language learning pyramid. She's an incredibly optimistic, high-energy teacher who is also flexible to the needs/interests of her students. Virtual classes, with Cristina sitting in Belo Horizonte and myself in San Francisco, were always very engaging and I could always feel the progress. We iterated together on strategies to jumpstart my learning, topics that might be fun, approaches to avoid (because overly boring leads to learning challenges), and more. This conscientious approach has been super successful for our student-teacher partnership.

During that period, Cristina has also become a friend (so much so that I invited her to my wedding) and trusted confidante. Thanks for everything, and for anyone reading this: going with Cristina gets you access to a professor who will give you a better chance than a top-tier American university teacher at going from beginner to advanced in Brazilian Portuguese.

Christina é uma excelente professora. Eu aprendi português com ela na plataforma Italki. Ela sempre estava bem preparada, sempre gentil e prestativa. As aulas eram muito divertidas e ela sempre preparou tudo conforme combinado. Eu só posso recomendá-la.