Case Study: Alex Rodriguez

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The student I interviewed and tutored was Gabriel Rosas and we decided to use Alex Rodriguez as his pseudonym. Gabriel is a 12th grader at Lindhurst High School. Gabriel was born in Mexico. He first came to the United States in 2014 when he was 15 years old. At home, he only speaks Spanish with his parents. He did attend school in Mexico, but he mentions that they never learned English. Gabriel is doing really well in school here at Lindhurst High School. He received an award for having a GPA over 3.5. Gabriel mentions that he is motivated to do well in school because of his parents. His parents wanted to bring Gabriel to the US so he could have a better education.

Gabriel has been given the CELDT test his sophomore year and his junior year.

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