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Learned to Read
I was taught to read at the age of 3 by my parents. My first favorite book was Hop on Pop by Dr. Seuss -
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Bilingual Classroom Experience
Throughout my elementary school experience, I was part of a bilingual classroom where we mostly spoke Spanish. I enjoyed learning to read and write in Spanish. -
Favorite Bilingual Book
My favorite book to read in both Spanish and English in elementary school was Charlotte's Web -
Middle School Reading
I fell in love with many classics during this period. I was in Advanced English and read Beowulf as a 6th grader. -
Middle School Reading continued
Reading The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton was a fun experience that I read with my grandmother -
Fahrenheit 451
Fahrenheit 451 is a novel everyone should read! The correlations between the fictional world and the real world should be explored by everyone. My father introduced me to this story and really opened my eyes with the possibilities! -
Shakespeare
Reading Shakespeare for the first time was a huge adjustment! It also encouraged me to research more about the greats and the classics -
Salinger
I read The Catcher in the Rye at the exact moment I needed it. During high school, there were many changes to my family situation, and Holden was a character I could relate to. -
All-time favorite reading
The first time I read Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell was such an experience for me! I was living in Alabama at the time and I read my great-grandmother's old copy with her markings in the margins and fell deep in love with the South. -
Harry Potter Series
I love the Harry Potter series of books! They have been with me from the start in 1997 through well into my adult years. -
Philosophy
Under a banner of "I'm surprised I liked that" reading was reading Plato's Allegory of the Cave when I first started college. It was fascinating how much symbolism is in there that has stood the test of time!
