Ms. Karen

Someone else besides my parents that I look up to is, Ms. Karen, an old friend who helped me and my family get acquainted with the US. We met Ms. Karen in our apartment complex when we first arrived to the U.S. Whenever she passed our apartment she would wave, and say hi if me or my sister were outside. However, since we did not know English I would stare at her, and say nothing. Then one day she came to our apartment, and my parents told her that me, and my sister did not speak English. She was very nice, and offered to help us learn English. I remember walking to her apartment in the afternoon with my sister. She would take turns teaching us. She helped me get a better start in school by teaching me how to speak, and write in English. I appreciate all that she has done for me, and my family. She is the only person we are in contact with from our old apartment complex (where we lived ten years ago). We still visit her, and she visits us. She is always ready to help us whenever we need it. I hope when I grow up I will be like her, and help everyone I can.