He was raised with his parents in Union Township, Union County. His father’s name was Arthur Lange Sr. and his mother was Judy (née Caprio). His father was a contractor who installs antennas for Television. Lange has a sister named Stacy and she is a fashion designer.
Chiara Badano was a young italian girl who tragically died of bone cancer yet still remained faithful to God. Chiara was born in October 29, 1971, and died on October 7, 1990 (age 18). Chiara was born to Ruggero and Maria Teresa Badano in the small village of Sassello, Italy, they waited and prayed eleven years to have her. At age nine, she joined the the Focolare Movement, the group focused on the image of the forsaken Christ as a way to make it through difficult times. Chiara grew up with a strong and healthy relationship with her parents, but she did not always obey them and would occasionally have fights with them. Chiara grew up as a happy and healthy child.
Diana Nyad is an American author, journalist, motivational speaker, and long- distance swimmer. It was Diana fifth time standing on the Cuban shore, hoping that she will make it across that vast from Cuba to Florida. Not only has she tried four times but even the greatest swimmer in the world has been trying since 1950 's and it hasn 't been done yet. Knowing the risk of the dangerous wildness of an ocean, she still continues this great journey. Facing the sharks and the deadliest box jellyfish. From her previous attempt, she came close to dying. At the age of 60, she made her journey to Cuba to Florida. Diana team and her best friend Bonnie said “it’s impossible." For Diana, she will find a way and she did. As she reach the Florida shore,
The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros is a story of a young Mexican girl growing up in the United States. Her name is Esperanza, and the novel takes the reader into her mind and heart as she reminisces about her childhood and what she hoped for in her future. Throughout the novel, Cisneros uses various symbols to highlight the inner conflicts within Esperanza. One of those symbols is shoes. Cisneros uses shoes symbolically throughout the novel to represent parts of Esperanza’s thoughts, emotions, and dreams as she undergoes a transformation from childhood innocence to the realities of adulthood.
Juana Barraza is a serial killer in Mexico. She was born on December 27, 1958 in Hidalgo, Mexico. As a child she had a thought life. Her mother Justa Samperio an alcoholic woman would exchange her to a man called Jose Lugo for a couple of beer. Barraza was sexually abuse; as a result she became a mother at the age of 13. After the death of her mother Juana went by herself and had three more children. In addition to this, by 1990’s she was a professional wrestler named La Dama Del Silencio after her personality. Although she was obsess with wrestler she had to give it up because of an injury. By the same token, after she retired from wrestler, she went and looked for old ladies that lived alone. Barraza would present herself as a nurse or
Evelia Ramos was born in Jalisco, Mexico. She was born in September 11, 1980. When she was older, her and my dad decided to get married. Then they decided to move to Oakland California. When they came to California they were expected to get a better life they would have in Mexico. When they came to California my dad started working in Service West, installing furniture in buildings. In 2002 she had me. While i was growing up she had another baby, my little sister. She was born in 2013. One thing that i really love about my mom is how brave she is. One time she told me a story of how she was walking down the street next to Fremont High School, there were 3 women and they tried to do something with my moms hoodie and my mom turned around and
During this time she was working a full-time job. The she continued for two years to get her BA. After this she decided she wanted to go the law school. She got accepted to the University of San Francisco. She became a lawyer in San Francisco, Los
Jenny Dolores Rivera Saavedra, better known as Jenni Rivera was born in Long Beach, California on July 2, 1969. Jenni Rivera is daughter of, singer and composer, Pedro Rivera and Rosa Saavedra, and sister of Lupillo Rivera, Juan Rivera, Gustavo Rivera and Rosie Rivera. Jenni is better known as a Mexican-American singer.
The Story of Maci Kean When you think of people in a kid’s life, you probably imagine two parents, siblings, friends, and teachers. What you don’t typically think is a social worker, a judge, foster homes and a dead mother and father. This became the case for the then 15-year Maci Kean, as well as over 100,000 kids in the United States. When Maci was just a toddler, she became deaf due to a high fever and her father passed away when she was just two due to drug abuse. When she was around the age of 13 her mother passed away as well due to a drug overdose after getting out of jail.
Sonita Alizadeh is a afghan rapper that found a way to escape a forced marriage by using her voice.Alizadeh grew up in Herat, Afghanistan, with her mother and father. The first time she was going to get dolled was when she was ten,but instead her and her family moved to iran to get away from the taliban. There in Iran she found a love for music, and her favorite singer at the time was Eminem. She then Sonita entered a singing competition, and when she won her and her family won 1,000 dollars.
From the age of five, nothing could stop Catherine Granado from playing hockey. As she grew, so did her love and skill for the sport; so much so that she skated her way to the Olympics in 1998 and brought home the Gold Medal. Cammi Granado attended Province College, where she played on the school’s hockey team. She became the best player on the team, leading them to two national championships and being the European Civil Aviation Conference player of the year for three consecutive years. In 1990, she was accepted onto the first United States national women’s hockey team, and became that team’s leading goal scorer with thirty goals in twenty-five games.
Nona Marie Hohnsbehn (Furlow) was born 05/22/1954 to Elmer Lee Furlow and Emma Maxine Furlow (Gossett) at Wood River Hospital, Wood River, IL. Her parents both are still living and have been married for 64 years. They live in Meadowbrook, IL. Nona states she loves her parents very much. She see them at least every two weeks, but tries to see them more often. She calls them each morning to make sure they are ok and make small talk. She stated she has learned to have a good work ethic, good morals, to care for others and be a responsible person from the example her parents set for their children. Nona was raised in Meadowbrook and Bethalto, IL. Nona's dad was a Steelworker, baseball coach for little league, friend to many, he was the person
Juan Seguin was an important part to history. He was in three wars, he was a judge, and he served for rights, independence, and justice. Juan was was a happy man that died at the age of eighty-three and got happily married. Juan Seguin had one brother and one sister. Juan got his first horse on his twelfth birthday. Juan Seguin was an important person to Texas history in his early lifetime, he was also in three wars and served for Native rights.
Sophia Mendez is a 34 year old married female, born female. She was born in San Antonio, Chile and later migrated to the United States when she was a young girl about the age of 16 with members of her family in order to gain more educational and economic opportunity. Sophia does not currently work, but she is mainly a stay-at-home mom, caring for her and her husband’s three children. Sophia does attend classes at a near-by college. They live in a home that in which Sophia, her husband, and three children reside. Sophia referred her and her family to Child Development Resources (CDR) on a voluntary basis and is seeking support with the development of her children, but since she is a part of the Deaf and hard of hearing community, and has limited speech it may present some troubles in how she receives services in different agencies. She and her family has sought services from CDR willingly and willingly participates in services and events.
Molly Ivins was born in Monterey, California in 1944. Her family moved a year after to Houston, Texas where she was raised (Reader 7). While she attends high school, she interns for the Houston Chronicles and is assigned to the Complaint Department (Reader 9). It is in this department that Ivins ' recognizes what customers are interested in reading—what attracts readers, what they expect from journalists’ and their articles (Reader 10). Eventually, Ivins gets a job as a police reporter for the Minneapolis Tribune. This position allowed her to gain useful knowledge and insight about social change and politics. But it was her position as co-editor of the Texas Observer that allowed her to focus on Texas politics and culture (Reader 11). Utilizing