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I interviewed Jennifer Albarracin at the William and Mary Barnes and Noble on Saturday, April 7. We were originally meeting to interview Elias Martinez, a father of English Language Learning students in WJCC schools. However, by some miscommunication, even though he arrived at the bookstore, we were never able to find each other. I'm guessing it was an issue with parking. After waiting an hour, I interviewed Jennifer. We discussed her own experience growing up in Fairfax, Virginia with the label of"ESL" and how it drove her towards academic success because she wanted to leave behind the term "ESL" as an identifier. We also touched on her parents' interactions with the school system and how her relationship with her parents was strained by communication barriers. Today, Jennifer is a William and Mary student, minoring in Latin American studies in order to learn more about her own roots. The background noise is relatively loud throughout the interview, but the recording is still understandable. Although she does state her name as Jennifer Albarracin Moya in the recording, most of the time she goes by solely her first last name, Albarracin, and so I decided to refer to her as Jennifer Albarracin after consulting her preferences.

I interviewed Jennifer Albarracin at the William and Mary Barnes and Noble on Saturday, April 7. We were originally meeting to interview Elias Martinez, a father of English Language Learning students in WJCC schools. However, by some miscommunication, even though he arrived at the bookstore, we were never able to find each other. I'm guessing it was an issue with parking. After waiting an hour, I interviewed Jennifer. We discussed her own experience growing up in Fairfax, Virginia with the label of"ESL" and how it drove her towards academic success because she wanted to leave behind the term "ESL" as an identifier. We also touched on her parents' interactions with the school system and how her relationship with her parents was strained by communication barriers. Today, Jennifer is a William and Mary student, minoring in Latin American studies in order to learn more about her own roots. The background noise is relatively loud throughout the interview, but the recording is still understandable. Although she does state her name as Jennifer Albarracin Moya in the recording, most of the time she goes by solely her first last name, Albarracin, and so I decided to refer to her as Jennifer Albarracin after consulting her preferences.

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