Alberta
Gaspar was born in Gerrero, Mexico- she grew up in Utah, She went to Parkview
Elementary from K-2nd grade. Once she left Parkview Elementary she
was enrolled into Granger Elementary she attended there till sixth grade on her
last year of sixth grade they had a parade, it was a parade of the things that
they had learned and had been studying, they had a huge project due there were
many projects to choose from she picked to build a castle, the best castle got
to be displayed in the library, a few days before the end of the year they had
a parade where they went around the school, it was an old fashioned parade
because their teachers wanted them to see how things would have been in the old
days, after the parade was over they got to have a feast and the guys had to
get the meals for the girls. Alberta then moved on to Junior high she attended
Valley Junior high for two years, her first year was kind of rough for all the
things that she was going through but her second year went better she became
closer with her two best friends just like they used to be in Elementary.
One
day Alberta had gotten a letter in the mail from a school called Academy for
Math Engineering and Science, she did not really pay much attention to the
letter since she thought that her parents wouldn’t want her to go to a school
that was so far, a few days later her parents sat her down and told her that
her older brother wanted her to attend Ames because he had told them that it
was a great opportunity for her; she was so mad that her older brother had
convinced their parents into having her go to Ames. Her brother still kept
trying to convince her that it would be a great opportunity for her and since
he was already accepted there would be no problem with her getting accepted
either, he even offered to take her to the freshmen house to meet new people so
that she could make new friends. Her first few years were rough she still
didn’t really like Ames but she became to get used to it and became to like
everyone in the school.
An
educational opportunity that Alberta participated in was her Peer Court
internship; she attended Camp Tuttle for training she stayed there for two days
and she learned a lot, some of the things that they did where that they played
some games so that they could get to know their peers and also so that they
could trust them, not only that but also so that they could know how to work as
a team. They also had to attend some classes where they learned many things
like racism, sexism, and many other things that go on around people that they
don’t notice. After they had gotten back from camp they had a few weeks off and
then they got to see and experience some of the activities that they could
recommend to the teens that go to peer court.
One
of her past Hobbies is Karate and Boxing, she also likes to hang out with her
friends; but she spends most of her time with her baby sister; her baby sister
might get annoying but she is the only sister she has so she loves spending
time with her whenever she can and whenever she has a day off work.
Alberta
Currently got a job at Café zupas as a line server; this is her first real job
so she is really excited to finally get some actual experience so that in the
future she can have more opportunities. She has a few days left of training
after she is done with training she hopes to become a shift lead.