CONTRIBUTORS
Tatiana Klimova came to the USA with her
husband in March, 1997. Her husband is working here and
she is trying to study English to be more helpful in this
society. That is why she was so glad to find the
information about Menlo Park Literacy Program and to take
part in this.
Jesus Rodriguez has lived in this country for
24 years. He has learned that education is very
important.
M.E.M. was born in Guatemala City. She is
married and has a ten-year-old son, who inspired her to
come to the library to Project Read.
Maria is a full time employee at a Law office
and hopes to get a certificate in administration in the
near future.
Ross Macintosh was born in 1958 in Chicago,
Illinois, and moved to California in 1963. He attended
Presidio Jr. High School in San Francisco, Carlmont High
School in Belmont, and Cañada College in Redwood
City. (He attended CSM for motorcycle riding classes.) He
works at Information Access Company as a microfilm
technician.
Nonna comes from Russia. She has been living
here for three years. She never studied English before
she came here. She's studying hard now. She hopes to
become a citizen and to live in the USA for the rest of
her life.
Vicky Guízar was born on a ranch in
Mexico. The nearest town (Coalcoman, Michoacan) was 15
miles away. She was the third child of 11, including
seven girls and four boys. She was one of three who
attended school. Three of the girls are in the USA. She
came here in 1976.
Suzy Klent likes to read science fiction and
play soccer. She drew some pictures for the book.
Bertley Kelly was born in Jamaica. He came to
the USA in 1981. He plans to become a USA citizen soon.
Elena Dehtyar was born in Ivano Frankovsk,
Ukraine where she spent her childhood After entering the
Department of Applied Mathematics of Kiev State
University in 1987 she moved to Kiev. Since 1996 she has
lived with her husband and two children, Irina (9) and
Alexander (7), in the USA.
Amanda Rogers is 10. She rides her bike, plays
computer games, plays with her friends and reads.
Jennifer Rogers is 9. She likes to color, draw
pictures, play and read.
Pili Chazaro is from Puebla Pue, Mexico. She
has been in the United States for exactly one year. She
has four daughters, Marian (22), Tani (19), Nicole (8),
Marielle (7), and two granddaughters. She is a pre-school
teacher. With her in the USA are her husband Alex, and
her three youngest daughters.
Chanel Miller is a 5-year-old kindergarten
student at Hoover School in Palo Alto. Her mother is a
learner in Menlo Park Project Read.
E.W. graduated from Summer Hill High School in
Clinton, Mississippi, in 1971. In 1972 she joined the Job
Corps in Poland, Maine, for one year to become a Nurse
Assistant. She went back to Mississippi and worked as a
Nurse Assistant at the University Medical Center for
three years. She moved to East Palo Alto, California, and
got a job at the Veterans Hospital in Menlo Park.
May May Miller was born in 1962 in China. She
started writing stories in Chinese in 1981. She has
published a book and many short stories in Chinese. She
is now living in Palo Alto, California, with her husband
and two daughters.
Haley Fowler, Marquis, Toyita Martinez, Fabian
Prado, and Elizabeth Vargas are students at
the Belle Haven Child Development Center. Haley drew a
picture of her sister and her best friend, Rose.
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