Immigration Stories

Teachers share stories about how they became US Citizens

On December 12th, Mrs. Llamas, Mrs. Miller and Mrs. Jolibert shared their stories of becoming American and French citizens.  Students learned how there are many paths to becoming both US and French citizens and different people are motivated to become citizens for different reasons.  Student also learned that becoming a US or French citizen takes many years and a commitment to taking exams and collecting documents with lawyers, for example.  Mrs. Miller is from the Dominican Republic and Mrs. Llamas is from Mexico.  They both became US Citizens in 2018.  Mrs. Jolibert grew up in North Reading, is American, and is becoming a French Citizen.