Student Spotlight

Student Spotlight: Setenay Akdag

How Knowing Another Language Can Save the World (aka the life of an immigration lawyer)

Student Spotlight: Eirene Wang

She’s a six-language-speaking International Affairs grad student at Columbia, who has lived in Russia on Fulbright and is set on changing the world (for real, though). Meet Eirene Wang, a total multilingual badass who has been both a teacher and student at Fluent City. We…

Student Spotlight: Tamerra Griffin

Having just returned from the Olympics in Rio on assignment, Tamerra Griffin is a multilingual journalist and globetrotter who is excited to continue learning Portuguese with more of our classes. She’s also our Fluent City Referral Program star, spreading the word…

Student Spotlight: Liz Spaulding

FC: Tell us a little bit about yourself and how you became interested in learning Arabic.

LS: I’ve always loved to travel and study other cultures. I took French all throughout high school and college, but I found it very difficult until I was…

Student Spotlights: Meet Holly Mitchell

Meet Holly Mitchell — one of our amazing French students with a shining, stage-worthy…

How Knowing Spanish Saved a Life

Sami Saba was on his way to Spanish class when he witnessed an inebriated man fall between the platform and train at Union Square while exiting a downtown 4 train. The passenger’s friend was trying desperately to pull him up by the arms, and the train conductor had not…

Sleeping with the Buffalo

In June 2015, Fluent City ran a non-fiction travel writing contest. “Sleeping with the Buffalo” was the second…