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“I’m completely bilingual already. Now I’m working on being trilingual.”
Yarisbel “Jadee” Segura makes everything look easy. She’s a track star, softball contender and volleyball standout. She speaks perfect English and perfect Spanish without a trace of an accent in either language. She is an excellent student who plans to major in biomedical science in college. And she’s working to become proficient in French.
But it hasn’t always been easy. Jadee was just seven years old when her family moved to West Michigan from Puerto Rico. “At first I didn’t want to be here,” she says. “I didn’t know anyone. And it was hard at first to make friends.” Today, she has a lot of friends, all from sports. And her future looks very bright.
Jadee plans to attend GVSU in the fall. “I’m going to be pre-med,” she says. “I’d like to be a family physician maybe, or a surgeon. Surgery looks like it could be fun.”
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*Contribution from Joe Jones/Believe 2 Become
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