Why Diego?

Diego is built for people who don’t just want to study Spanish — they want to actually speak it. Instead of memorising isolated phrases, you practise real conversations, hear natural replies, and get clear corrections as you go.

That difference matters to me personally. Diego grew out of my own experience learning through language — not by memorising rules, but by creating, speaking, listening, and finding a way into words that finally felt human.

When I was eight years old, my parents enrolled me in a Montessori school because I was struggling to read. I was dyslexic, and at the time, reading and writing felt like a world I could not quite enter.

(Coincidentally, at the same time, my mom started to work. I later realized this was to help pay for my schooling. Thanks, Mom!)

One of the ways my teachers helped me was through language. I had a Spanish teacher from Spain whom I absolutely loved. At the end of each day, as part of my homework, I had to practice reading and writing by creating things. Stories, exercises, lessons — anything that would help me engage with words in a different way.

One of the things I made was a little series of Spanish lessons. I called it Fun with Diego.

I have no idea why I chose the name Diego. But I did.

For years, I had not really thought about it. Then recently, as we were searching for a name for our new language platform, the name Diego immediately came to mind. And then I remembered why.

Diego was part of the way I learned to turn language from something intimidating into something joyful. He began as an eight-year-old’s invention — a companion for learning, practicing, and creating.

Now, all these years later, my Diego has come into the modern age.

So here we are.

Welcome to Diego.

— Steven