Our Team

As the Lango Leader in Salt Lake City and Park City, my goal is to bring quality classes to parents in convenient locations throughout the week.  But what truly makes our classes successful? The answer to that question is most definitely our devoted and tireless teachers.

Lango's teachers make our classes truly exceptional. In our selection process, we look for five distinct qualities: native/bilingual fluency, limitless positive energy, creativity, teaching experience with relevant age groups and outstanding communication skills with both children and their parents. Beyond these qualities, though, our teachers bring unique cultural perspectives and professional backgrounds that enable them to create rich, engaging experiences in the classroom.  

Lango is headquartered in San Francisco, California where the concept of Lango was born and the curriculum perfected. Lango's first language focus was Spanish but has since branched out to include Mandarin and French.

Meet the Park City and Salt Lake City team! Our area is so fortunate to have this group of gifted and talented teachers! 

Jennifer Pushka,  Program Director/French Instructor. Jennifer is a fluent speaker of French. Jennifer graduated from Miami University in Oxford, OH with a BA in International Studies and a minor in French. She also holds a Master's degree of International Management from Thunderbird and an MBA from Arizona State University. While at Thunderbird, her focus was International Marketing and French. As such, Jennifer has lived abroad studying French and has worked for Motorola in Toulouse, France.  More recently, Jennifer has taught a French culture class at Creekside kids preschool. 

Jennifer is a multi-talented instructor and mother of two children (2) and (5).  She is a natural teacher and enjoys fostering a love of language and culture to children. Her class activities are well planned and provides much learning and interest to her students. 

Pamella Bello is from Uruguay and is a native speaker of both Spanish and German. Pamella enjoys working with children of varying ages. Her background is in social work. Pamella provides classes to Spanish speaking clients ranging from parenting to self-esteem for young teens. She is an instructor for the program Prime for Life. Pamella is also a medical interpreter acting as a liaison between physicians and Spanish speaking patients. 

Pamella's passion for helping others can be seen in her ability to engage children in learning. She is an outgoing person who loves multi-tasking and taking on challenges in all areas of her life. 

Birgitta Marino is from Chile. Birgitta's background is in Psychology and she is a licensed Social Worker. Birgitta loves children of all ages. She has served as an advisor to a high school peer leader group. Birgitta has been in charge of friendship group for young Latino children in first and second grades at an area elementary school and also counseled middle school aged Latinas in a group to promote self-esteem. She also volunteered at the Children's Center in Salt Lake City. Birgitta also was a Montessori preschool teacher in Park City. 

Birgitta is a fun and engaging individual who has many interests especially participating in competitive snowboarding in Chile!

 Carla Grimaldi