Believing That You Can

Believing That You Can Believing That You Can

not going to give up until I reach my dreams. My dreams
are to become a US citizen. This is why I have enrolled into
Dunbar Community School. To study English, reading and
writing. I am studying very hard to accomplish all my
dreams. This will give me the opportunity to have a better
paying job, and offer my girls a better way of life. With
hard work and dedication, I know, I am going to be who I
want to be: a good mother, and a vegetarian, with my own
home, and my very own business.

Gregoria Ponce is a student at Dunbar Community School.

My Challenge
I am from South Korea. My family has been in the
United States for only two years. I have three children, two
daughters and a son. They are all in elementary school, 5th,
4 th and 2nd grades. They are learning English very fast and
they learned lot during the first year here. But my husband
and I are learning very slowly. My children read a lot of
books at school. My eldest daughter went to reading
competitions and won prizes. Next week she will get
another prize from the mayor of Tampa City, Mayor
Buckhorn. She is invited to have a breakfast with him and
my daughter will get a $250 gift card. I want to learn
English very well. That is why I am in ESOL program at
Gary Adult High school. Since I am working, I can’t stay all
day. But I will try to do my best. In the future, my husband
and I both want to work for the church. For that, we need to
learn more English.

Gyoung Aee is an ESOL student at Gary adult High school. Her teacher
is Renuka Karunaratne.

Personal Story
I am from Mexico. I moved to the United States ten
years ago with my husband when I was expecting my first
child. Now, I am a single mother of two children, because
of domestic violence. My story is sad because as a young
girl I always wanted a happy family. I want to be loved and
I wanted my children to be loved and to grow up with their
father. Ten years later, I have enrolled into Dunbar