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Summer 2010
While we were at the Institute for Latino Studies in Notre Dame, the Latino SST students received a tour of the institute and the different pieces…
For lunch we stopped at Taqueria San Jose. The owner of San Jose also owns two grocery stores, a bakery, and three taquerias in Goshen.
While we were in Warsaw for the Mexican Consulate event, we also visited the corporate offices of Lake City Bank (LCB). Ralph Villalon the Director of an…
While we were in Warsaw we stopped at Fiesta Plus, a local store owned by Rosalinda. From Fiesta Plus individuals can buy clothes imported from Mexico and other…
Each year the Mexican Consulate in Chicago sends a “mobile” consulate to various communities in the Midwest to issue Mexican Matriculas (or consular ID cards) and Passports….
On Saturday the students attended a First Communion service at Nuestra Senora de Guadalupe Church, a Catholic Latino church in Warsaw. They attended a First Communion party…
Last week we had a variety of guest speakers who came to talk the Latino SST group. Gilberto Perez, Director of the Bienvenido Program, talked to the…
Personal Reflection - Ivette May 12, 2010 Since Latino SST started, I have gained a broader understanding of my own culture and the reasons for many of the behaviors…
Lupita Zepeda, the director of a local Mexican folkloric dance group, gave a lecture on Mexican Culture through its “Music, Dances, and Costumes.” After the lecture, members of the folkloric dance group…
Last week students met their host families for the first time. We had a student-family get-together at Iglesia ADULAM here in Goshen. One of our host parents (Jose Luis & Becky) who…
