“I fear that’s going to limit her,” she said.
When García was looking at colleges, she told her mother there was a chance she would move to a college town, and reminded her mother of the importance of getting used to speaking English. But her mother replied, “Come home when you don’t have class.”Easing parents into independence Originally from Durango, Ochoa is the oldest of three sisters. Every year, she helps her mother fill out a custody form necessary for families with children with disabilities. It took her parents time to get used to her being out of their home, but Ochoa still visits on weekends to help with translations.
“It wasn’t frustrating to translate for my parents, but it did make me a little nervous,” Ochoa said.Today, young people can double-check their work with online aids like Google Translate that weren’t available years ago.