Our Leadership Team

Carlos mayerstein, director & teacher

Carlos is passionate about Latin American history, literature and cuisine. Born and raised in Mexico City, he moved to Cholula, Puebla to complete his B.A. in International Relations. During his undergraduate studies, he spent time abroad in Rio de Janeiro where he learned Portuguese and took courses in Political Science. He also traveled to the South of Brazil, Uruguay and Argentina.

At his Masters in Spanish Literature from California State University, Long Beach, he collaborated with the Spanish Club organizing culturally and historically relevant, student-centered projects that encourage Spanish production in a cooperative learning environment. In addition to his experience as a lecturer of online and face-to-face Spanish courses at CSULB, he also worked as a one-on-one tutor on campus. 

His mission at California Bilingüe is to support our teachers and students in building connections with the Spanish-speaking community in the region while achieving their personal and professional goals through Spanish language learning.

ANA MORALES ÁLVAREZ, ADMINISTRATIVE COORDINATOR

Ana is originally from Michoacán, México. She immigrated to California at the age of eight. 

She is an experienced Administrative Coordinator committed to ensuring the smooth functioning of an office. Prior to moving into administration, Ana worked as a paralegal providing administrative support and legal assistance to immigration attorneys. Ana hopes to start her own administrative consulting business and is excited to be moving into this new role with California Bilingüe to help further her skills in supporting mission aligned small businesses to have excellent administrative organization.

Ana is passionate about giving back to the immigrant community and is devoted to uplifting marginalized communities. Ana was therefore drawn to California Bilingüe’s mission to support the Spanish Speaking community and to create leadership opportunities for immigrant workers.

Ana graduated from San Francisco State University with a B.S. in Administration, where she worked as a student assistant. She speaks Purépecha, Spanish and English.

Ana lives in Santa Ana, CA where she enjoys spending time with her 2-year old son, Nyjah, catching up with friends, and reading.