Alfonso Garcia:  

My name is Alfonso Garcia, I was born in a small town in Mexico called Huandacareo, Michoacan in the South Side of Mexico. I was raised my first 11 years of my life in Mexico. I was brought to the United States by parents in the year 1997. I had difficult time on the first couple of months in this new country. Everything was very different from the little town in Huandacareo. I knew if i wanted to be successful in this country i needed to learn the language as soones possible. My first year at school, i had a person translate everything from school to me because i could not understand anything that was say in the classroom. I begin to understand a little bit of english after the first year. I when to Herrera School from grade 4 up to junior high where i graduated on may 2000. From there i continue my education to high school were i register to attend South Mountain High School. I was really scared to go to that school because; i was the only person from that school to go to that high school. I did not what to expect because i was having difficult time speaking the language correctly. My first year at high school i took anything but ESL classes to get confidence with my speaking and writing. I was really excited about the progress with my second language and meeting wonderful people too. During my four years at south Mountain i meet so many won...Expand for more