Joanna Espinal is my second older sister. She is 21 years old and is an immigrant from the Dominican Republic. Joanna came to this country at the age of five months along side my mother and brother. Although Joanna was young and one might think that she should have not struggled as much as her parents and brother, when it comes down to learning the language, she did. Since both of her parents spoke Spanish, that was the only language she understood. When going to school she was placed in an ESL class in which they helped her learn english and soon was was placed in normal classes for english speaking students. Like her parents, Joanna became a U.S. citizen and continued going to school. Not forgetting of her Spanish heritage, Joanna also entered a pageant representing the Dominican culture and won first runner up. Joanna is now married and the mother of two beautiful children and no longer struggles with discrimination since she has dominated the language very well and has gotten well acquianted to this country.
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