Green River Community College
English as a Second Language Program
ESL Student Biographies - Fall, 1999

Jackie from Peru

My name is Jackie Vasquez. I am from Peru, and actually I’m living in Sumner which is  not so far from here. After this I have another class called Pronunciation. It is from 12:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. Every day I came here in my friend’s car and we drive from our house to here in about 25 minutes. I am staying in Washington for about three months. I live with my sister and her family here. I like Washington very much, I like the lake and the Waterfront in Tacoma and Seattle, and also I like the mountains and their green color. In my country the mountains are brown, so When I came here I saw the difference immediately. I want to study English so hard because after this I want to study other things about my career, as soon as I can. Actually I do not know very much about the news from my country.  When I was in there, every day I read the newspaper, because it was important for my job. I worked in the Lima Stock Exchange, which is a company to make the trade between the buyers and the sellers to facilitate the transaction for the stocks.

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