About
Colors of Spanish

Colors of Spanish was born in 2004 in Sonoma County out of the need for a large number of families to raise their children bilingual. For many Hispanic families, transmitting their native language can be a challenge due to several factors, including the fact that leaving home it is common for children to function socially and linguistically in the English language. This is one of the many challenges many families face when trying to pass on the target language to their young heirs as part of their identity. In addition, there is a great recognition in California of the importance of active bilingualism, due to the large number of residents and professional jobs that provide certain advantages that the monolingual world limits.

Colors of Spanish provides educational resources in Spanish to children at an early age, which allow them to create a relationship and connection with the target language through playful learning, which includes the exploration of the things and concepts that surround a child’s world; since it awakens curiosity, creativity and motivation to learn about the environment in which they develop.

Our Mission

Colors of Spanish supports families who wish to pass on and maintain the Spanish language either as a heritage language or as a foreign language.

Origin of the Name

The name Colors of Spanish has the purpose of recognizing the Spanish language of each country that speaks it including its diversity and linguistic richness; the originality of each one makes each country shine on its own.

Founder's Quote

The Spanish language does not have a single color, each country shines for itself. ~ Guadalupe T.

Meet Our Team

Guadalupe Tausch

A native of the Bajío region of Mexico, Guadalupe has been teaching Spanish to children and young adults since 2003. She is part of the Petaluma committee of El Día de los Muertos and in 2011 she was one of seven people named as community leaders. Latina in Petaluma by the Argus Courier. She leads the Colors of Spanish team and has a Master's degree in Spanish, with a focus on the early acquisition of foreign languages.

Randy Tausch

Ofelia Arteaga

In the last four years, Ofelia has been a collaborator of COS, creating a space to bring the Spanish language and Latin culture closer to families and the general public in a creative and respectful way. Along with her work with COS, she is also dedicated to teaching Spanish through online classes. Ofelia is a native Nicaraguan and has lived in Northern California with her bilingual family since 2018. Ofelia is an Ecologist by profession, passionate about history, she enjoys traveling and backpacking, although she is afraid of bears.

Ivonne O Borjon

Ivonne has obtained a Child Development Certificate from Santa Rosa Junior College. Ivonne currently works for Community Action Partnership of Sonoma County (CAP) and Colors of Spanish. At CAP, she has over 13 years of experience working on School Readiness for children ages 0 to 5. Ivonne also has experience working as a Parent Educator. She has brought her experience to Colors of Spanish as a bilingual storyteller and movement program coordinator sponsored by the Regional Public Libraries of Sonoma and Marin counties.

Vanessa Chial

Vanessa was born in Panama and earned her master's degree in Mechanical Engineering at Stanford. After years of taking her children to classes with Colors of Spanish, she joined the team in 2022. Vanessa loves seeing the little ones “embrace” the language through music.