10 Quotes by Patricia Stevens

I was fortunate. When I graduated high school my parents couldn't afford to send me to Paris, so they sent me to 'the Paris of the Americas,' Mexico City.

I was always enthralled in Latin American art. I even got to work on a collection of Latin women self-portraits. They were so beautiful.

I was one of three children and the only one who could speak Spanish. I was very close with my grandmother and was lucky to be sent on trips to stay with her growing up.

Most of the children are already learning English in school, so they can take the time to play with each other. It's a real family atmosphere.

The students turn a Y into a J. I had a well-spoken professor tell me he went to 'jail' when he meant to tell me he attended 'Yale' University.

They don't have those sounds in their vocabulary, so they have been practicing a bunch of words beginning with WH and TH.

It's beautiful to watch a couple learn something new together.

Integrating everyone at different levels has been a challenge, but it's not insurmountable.

He's reading Hemingway and writing his life story. It's so gratifying to see him reading Hemingway.