Needham Community Education

Barry Bridgelal was born and raised until the age of 8 on the island of Trinidad. His family then moved to Boston. His years living in a cosmopolitan city, coupled with his multicultural background, fostered Barry’s proclivity for foreign languages. He has studied more than ten different languages! After undergraduate and post-graduate studies at Tufts University and King's College, Barry started his teaching career. For the past 13 years, Barry has been teaching all levels of French, Italian and Spanish at area institutes and universities. In the classroom, he strives to show how a new language provides a new vision on life.

Diana Garcia-Martinez, M.S., is TEFL certified and has over 10 years of experience teaching languages including Spanish, French and ESL. Diana, a long-time Needham resident, taught both group and private Spanish and French classes at the Boston Language Institute. She has taught Spanish to business executives and other professionals with technical and other backgrounds, across a wide spectrum of language proficiencies. Corporate clients include, among others, Dunkin Donuts, Banco Santander, Trip Advisor, and Ocean Spray. Diana completed her undergraduate studies at the National Polytechnic Institute in Mexico City and obtained her Master’s degree at MIT.

Mary Ann Price is a retired, high school Spanish teacher who continues to teach and substitute. She also works with student teachers through Boston University.