They don't have those sounds in their vocabulary, so they have been practicing a bunch of words beginning with WH and TH.

I was always enthralled in Latin American art. I even got to work on a collection of Latin women self-portraits. They were so beautiful.

He's reading Hemingway and writing his life story. It's so gratifying to see him reading Hemingway.

I asked the students to take their own photos. I love art, and it's really inspiring to see what they see through their own eyes, to view the world as they do.

The students turn a Y into a J. I had a well-spoken professor tell me he went to 'jail' when he meant to tell me he attended 'Yale' University.

I was fortunate. When I graduated high school my parents couldn't afford to send me to Paris, so they sent me to 'the Paris of the Americas,' Mexico City.

Most of the children are already learning English in school, so they can take the time to play with each other. It's a real family atmosphere.

Integrating everyone at different levels has been a challenge, but it's not insurmountable.

It's beautiful to watch a couple learn something new together.