William J.

Growing up near New York City, I heard a lot of Spanish. I studied for three years in High School with poor instructors who showed little love for their jobs, or even for teaching youth. I spent my third year of college in Puerto Rico speaking and listening to fast Spanish every day. The day after graduation, I was hired by the Migrant Tutorial Program assisting as an ESL Instructor. I then spent five years with Farmworker Opportunities speaking Spanish 80 percent of every day. Now I love not…