Paige CP 6

Today was our last coversation meeting. Brenda and I met up at her house and she made me breakfast. She made cafe con leche, coffee with milk, and scrambled eggs with bell pepper, onions, and tomatoes. Over breakfast she expressed to me a lot of good things and bad things she experienced this semester. One negative instance we talked about was how a white man yelled racist things to her because she was Mexican. She was upset, but even more upset because she could not speak English well enough to formulate a response against him. I naturally got really upset to hear that she had such a hateful occurrence against her and I shared one that happened to me as well. Despite that,  she wishes that she could stay in America longer and take more CIES classes to continue her learning. However, she is running into some economic troubles and will be moving back to Mexico within the next week or so. I was really sad to hear that'd she'd be leaving so soon, but we promised to keep in contact with one another. I also told her if she ever needs help with her English, or just want to talk she can always message me. I was really glad I got to meet Brenda and have this experience with her.

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