Marta Ruiz Yedinak is a Mexican-born educator, author, and National Board Certified Spanish teacher. She is the creator and host of ¡Cuéntame!, a popular Spanish-learning podcast, and also writes Spanish-language readers and teaches online classes worldwide.
Marta Ruiz Yedinak is a Mexican-born educator, author, and passionate advocate for language acquisition. She has been teaching Spanish in Wisconsin since 2004 and is a National Board Certified Teacher. Since 2011, she has embraced Comprehensible Input (CI) as the foundation of her teaching, focusing on authentic communication rather than grammar drills and memorization. Marta is the creator and host of ¡Cuéntame!, a globally popular Spanish-language podcast designed to help learners acquire Spanish through engaging, comprehensible stories. She is also the author of Spanish-language readers and teaches online Spanish classes to adults around the world. As both a language teacher and lifelong language learner, Marta is passionate about making language acquisition natural, meaningful, and enjoyable. She believes that languages are acquired through understanding messages, building connections, and experiencing cultures—not memorizing rules.