Pasco woman to teach after graduating from WSU-Tri-Cities

This woman experienced these problems, helping her classmate as a child and is going to help others so they don't struggle like that.   - - Donna Poisl

BY TY BEAVER, TRI-CITY HERALD
 
As a fourth-grader in Othello, Angela Vargas served as a translator for another girl in her class who had just come from Mexico.

Vargas, now 20, said her teacher didn't speak Spanish and couldn't communicate with the girl. Vargas, however, was bilingual and helped her classmate as best she could, though the girl still struggled.
"This poor little girl, by the end of the year, didn't know any English," she said.

Today, Vargas graduates from Washington State University Tri-Cities, turning around her childhood experiences into a degree in elementary education with concentrations in bilingual education and English language learning.
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