Latino extraordinaire 

 

Let’s just call her Julie.  A 21-year-old Latina who was born in America to Mexican immigrants.  She is now enrolled in a nearby four-year university on her way to becoming an interpreter for the deaf and blind.  She should graduate in 2025 with a BA degree.  And is bilingual.  Fluent in both English and Spanish.

Her father is a painting contractor and Julie has painted many a house herself, inside and out.  She and her family know what work is.  She has a real sense of family and pitches in often to help her father with his painting business.  Not at all afraid to splatter paint on herself. 

And this is just one Latino family out of thousands that had come to Norte America to find their place in the great American dream.  Don’t tell me immigrants can’t make their own way. .  Immigrants like Julie and her family are key to America’s success.  I am proud to count myself one of her friends and a beneficiary of her keen sense of caring.