Elena Herraiz
Elena Herraiz Medina, known online as Linguriosa, is a Spanish YouTuber, linguistic popularizer and Spanish-language teacher. Since 2024, she has appeared on the TV programme Cifras y letras.
Early life and career
A native of Guadalajara, Herraiz graduated in Translation and Interpreting at the University of Valladolid in 2015, specializing in English and German, and went on to pursue a master's degree at the University of Alcalá, becoming a teacher of Spanish as a second language. She moved to Berlin for five years to teach Spanish.In September 2019, she started the YouTube channel Linguriosa, originally dedicated to sharing teaching methods for Spanish grammar, but where she now deals with linguistic doubts and focuses on Spanish language history and etymology.
In early 2024, Herraiz began collaborating on the Televisión Española game show Cifras y letras, broadcast on La 2, as a language expert. She also started a joint podcast with YouTube medical popularizer Sandra Ortonobes, titled Tú de ciencias y yo de letras.