For today's class we went back to Casa de Manana, and we split off into groups to hear some of the residents' stories. I listened to a woman named Diana talk about her life and her experiences. She has 3 brothers and is the third child. She was born on her aunt's birthday, so her parents named her after her aount. She has 9 children, 5 girls and 4 boys. She showed us a photo of all of her children. All of her children have finished college. She met her husband in college when they hit it off at a dance. When asked what her life was like at twenty years old, she said that she had graduated from college with a sociology degree and was already engaged. She lived in Chicago for a while before moving to California. When her husband got laid off, she became a teacher. She went to California State University Fullerton and got a degree in special ed education to teach special education for a career. She really enjoys traveling. She showed us a book about Pompeii, as well as photos of her travels. She showed us photos from Egypt, photos from a hot air balloon festival in New Mexico. She also had a photo of her travel in Antartica and shared that she saw a ship sink while she was there. She went skydiving for her birthday in Oceanside, and she said it was a lot of fun. She mentioned that she has done 54 trips in the last year, which is so many!! That was pretty cool.
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