Maria Arlandis was born in Valencia, Spain. She studied Spanish Philology at the University of Valencia and one semester at Georgia College State University. Teaching Spanish to foreigners turned into her passion and after years of Spanish experience Maria Arlandis felt compelled to write a book focusing on everyday colloquial Spanish since she noticed that some of her students felt left out not knowing expressions that the Spanish people use in casual situations. Maria realized the importance of colloquial language when she lived in France and the United States. Despite knowing French and Eng...