Personal Story
different occasions. From one of them, a client of mine who
“randomly” lived in Florida, I found out that the annual
Real Estate Conference and Expo 2012 would be in Florida.
It could have been anywhere in the U.S., but it was in
Florida. Even though I had tried years previously to visit the
U.S., and I had been rejected for visa, this time was
different. I registered, applied and was accepted. I took
advantage of this and attended the Conference in Florida.
Besides the facts that this was a big important step in my
career and that I fulfilled my old dream to visit the U.S., the
most important thing, something I didn’t know then, is that
the other man that I had met that year in my country,
another man who also “randomly” lived in Florida, would
become my lovely husband.
Iuliana Dumitrescu is a student at Dave Tomas East, Community School
North.
Thinking about the Future
My name is Iwona. It is a fairly common name in
Poland. I found out that my name has a different meaning in
other languages. This is the first word I learned how to spell
in English when I came to the United States. I never thought
that one day I would learn much more. Though Poland is a
beautiful country, the economy is not in good shape. It is a
big challenge to be in the labor market. Competition is
tough unless one has the knowledge of a foreign language
and indeed two or even three are much better. This fact
triggers me to think about the future of my daughter.
I decided to educate her to be multilingual. In my
opinion, the best way to master a foreign language is to
reside in a country in which the native language is spoken.
Also due to the fact that my brother lives permanently in the
United States, we could live with him, too. It did not take
long for me and my daughter, Patricia, to fly to Key West
where my brother has established his home since 2004. At
that time Patricia was in preschool only for four months. In
2 005 she was in kindergarten full time. We left and came
back in 2012. Presently, my daughter is in middle school. In