by Julie Slack | Jul 21, 2022 | First Literacy Scholars 2022-2023, First Literacy Scholars 2023-2024
Sonia is the youngest of nine children born in a small town in Brazil. When she was a child her father and his uncle were killed by a drunk driver. The tragedy left Sonia’s mother with nine children to raise. Her mother had to work incessantly along with several...
by Julie Slack | Nov 19, 2021 | First Literacy Scholars 2017-2018 and prior
In 2005, Lana emigrated from China to Boston. While educated in China and able to read and write a little, she spoke no English at all and found the language very difficult. Lana enrolled in an English language program that received First Literacy funding and rapidly...
by Julie Slack | Nov 8, 2021 | First Literacy Scholars 2020-2021
Rosene came to the United States from Haiti with the dream of attending college and creating a better life for her and her family. When she arrived in the United States unable to speak English, her job opportunities were limited to a series of low-wage jobs that were...
by Julie Slack | Nov 8, 2021 | First Literacy Scholars 2020-2021
Thi Kim immigrated to the United States from Vietnam in 2017. Not speaking English was a major obstacle to Thi Kim’s goal of attending university. In 2018 she enrolled at the Asian American Civic Association and completed her studies in June of 2020. Thi Kim is...
by Julie Slack | Nov 8, 2021 | First Literacy Scholars 2020-2021
Julio faced serious challenges in high school including the loss of his grandmother, forcing him to live alone. Julio needed to work full time in high school to support himself and had to give up on his goal of graduation. Now Julio is motivated by his own children’s...
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