Beatriz Martinez

Member

Family

38-Guadalupe-Single mom

22--Angelica-oldest sister, maried, 10 month old daughter

21- Humberto-works, dropped out of high school

19-Beatriz (Betty)-KSU Secondary Education

16-Saul-youngest brother, Garden City High School

Education

I went to school in Mexico from Kindergarten to 9th grade

I moved to the U.S.A. on 2004 and went to Garden City High School

I didn't know any English when I arrived in U.S.A.

I had to tak ESL classes at GCHS for the first two years

Favorites

Dances, go to church (youth group)

Go to movies, play basketball (any other sport)

Spend time with family/friends

Love Asian food

Talk a lot

Greatest Accomplishments

Graduated from High School, because I'm the first one from my family that did it

Got the BESITOS scholarship and got to come to KSU

Become bilingual

Citizenship

Greatest Fears

To be alone, failure, dogs

Not make it through college, talk in front of people in English