Volunteering...............

is something that I love to do, I try to do it as often as I can :). Lately I have been dealing with adults which is fun to do because not only am I helping them, they in return will give me advice that will improve my life and will help me become a better person. For a year and three months I was volunteering as an English teacher at Guadalupe Schools in Salt Lake City, I started this volunteer opportunity through a class that I was taking at the University of Utah (Ethnic Minority Families in the U.S.A) which was a very informative class, where I was able to learn about all of the minority families including families like me (Latino). To receive credit for taking the class, we had to do the classwork but we also had to do service learning hours and we had to tie it into the class. Well the professor gave us options, but the only one that I found interesting was the opportunity to teach English to economically disadvantage Immigrants so that they can find employment or  be able to communicate to help their children's educational experience. This was very rewarding, for me because I was able to learn a new skill, however, I was also able to make some great friends that have given me and will keep giving me advice on how to be the best friend, daughter, niece, cousin, mother and everything that a women is. They were great friends that will be forever in my heart and even though I do not volunteer there anymore we still communicate in both Spanish and English so that they may practice the language that they are trying to learn :)

Even though I could not find a picture of the school here is the official logo for the school.

With this opportunity I was able to learn the skills of becoming a teacher, and that way I will have gained experience so that if I ever have to return to my home country, then I will be able to live off of something, because I will be able to teach English to the people of my village :)

That is one experience that I will never forget, I am thankful for the staff and all their loyalty to helping the economically disadvantage immigrants learn English (not only is it for Latinos but also for other immigrants from Europe, Asia, Africa and all those countries) :)