Lucy Dominguez
October 18, 2019
When she moved to the U.S. 15 years ago, Maria Luz Dominguez (Lucy) didn鈥檛 know a lot of English. She said that the English she had learned in Mexico is very different from the English here. Therefore, it was a challenge for her to pronounce certain words, but Lucy didn鈥檛 let any barriers keep her from reaching her goals of writing/speaking fluent English and earning her HSE (High School Equivalency).
It has taken years of dedication for Lucy to learn English; she spends time everyday practicing and comes to our ESL classes 3 times a week. She says that she doesn鈥檛 always believe in herself, but her ESL Instructor, Gretchen Easterday, always tells her, 鈥淵ou can do it!鈥� Well鈥� Lucy did do it! She just earned her HSE and said it was a very proud moment.
鈥淚 am proud of myself because at my age, I still can鈥檛 believe I did it! I cried鈥� I was so happy!鈥�
Lucy is continuing to learn English and hopes to one day become a social worker because she loves helping people. She wants others to know, 鈥淚f I can do it, everybody can do it. Some people say they are too old, but everybody can! I hope other people see this and believe they can do it! I鈥檓 so happy. I want to keep going!鈥�