Rosa is a Hispanic, 33 year old woman born on March 22, 1982. She is a kind, hospitable and generous women that loves to spend time with her family and give back to her community. Friends and family describe Rosa as an outgoing and loving person. Rosa has many parties and get-togethers at her house and hosts many gatherings throughout the year. She can be quite but enjoys being humorous. Rosa describes herself as “a shy person initially but once I warm up to someone I become open to talking. I tend to be more of a listener. I’m outgoing and like to try new things. I’m a level headed person who can be extremely stubborn. I’m also loyal and a planner”. Rosa was born in McMinnville, Oregon to Faustino and Petra Zavala. Growing up, Rosa lived in Salem with her four older siblings. When she was 5 years old, there was a drug raid at her place of residence and her father was taken away and incarcerated for the next 5 years. As a result, her siblings along with her mother moved to Dundee, Oregon to live with her grandmother Maria. Rosa spent most of her childhood living with her grandmother. She states that “we were taken care of... it was very loud. My grandmother was always home and loved to cook and entertain. We had family friends stopping by and …show more content…
“When my dad got out my mother followed him to Mexico and I started living with a female PE teacher who acted as my guardian for 6 months”. This was an insightful experience for Rosa and helped her get away from home life and be in a safe environment. When she was ready, Rosa moved in with her sister and niece and started college at 17. During this time, Rosa’s father unfortunately was deported and got his citizenship taken away. Rosa was a part of an Upward Bound program which gave her the opportunity to spend every summer and live on a college campus. Rosa states that “it was a blast! And it was nice that I got school credit from it. This pushed me to college
To start with, Rosie Perez or Rosa Marie Perez was born on September 6, 1964 in Bushwick, Brooklyn, New York City, United States. She is a actress, dancer, choreographer, director, and community activist. Her parents are Lydia Perez, a singer and Ismael Serrano, a merchant marine seaman. Her aunt had been raising and catering her until her mother, Lydia Perez took her away and put her in Foster Care when she was 3. It wouldn't be much of a surprise if Rosie was to detest her parents after all they put her through. Rosie stayed there until she moved in with another aunt when she was 12. Later on she joined a high school in Rightwood, Grover Cleveland High School. Now most of the confusion and sadness had culminate.
Rosa Lee son Richard was sent to an inpatient drug treatment center in Colorado for three years. Ducky is in jail for theft. Rosa Lee is under the care of a doctor for treatment of HIV and takes methadone daily (Dash, 1996). Alvin and Eric are still doing well in their jobs (Dash, 1996). Patty is serving time in the state prison (Dash, 1996). Ronnie is living with his mother in law. Rosa Lee is currently living in public housing and takes care of a great-grandson during the day while his mother attends school (Dash, 1996).
Rosa Bonheur was born March 16th, 1822 in Bordeaux, France.1 Rosa was the oldest of four children; her father was an art teacher and her mother was a musician.2 She came from an ...
Rosie the Riveter is a cultural icon of the United States whom represented the women who worked in factories during World War II, many of whom produced military equipment and war supplies. These women sometimes took entirely new jobs replacing the male workers who were in the military. The symbol of feminism and women's economic power was often amplified through Rosie the Riveter. "Rosie the Riveter" was a popular phrase first used in 1942 in a song of the same name written by Redd Evans. Auto factories were converted to build airplanes, shipyards were expanded, and new factories were built, and all these facilities needed workers. While the men were busy fighting in war, women were dominant in assistance. Companies took the idea of hiring women seriously. Eventually, women were needed because companies were signing large, lucrative contracts with the government just as all the men were leaving for the service. The various elements or figures of Rosie was based on a group of women, most of whom were named Rose. Many of these women named "Rose" varied in class, ethnicity, geography, and background diversity. One specially, who's had the biggest impact of all Rosie's was Rose Will Monroe. Rose Will Monroe, the most influential "Rosie" at the time, represented women during World War II by working most of her time in a Michigan factory.
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At birth Rosalynn Carter was named Eleanor Rosalynn Smith and she was born to Wilburn Edgar Smith and Allethea Murray Smith in Plains, Georgia on August 18, 1927. Growing up as a child, Rosalynn her two brothers, William Jerrod Smith and Murray Lee Smith and sister, Lillian Allethea Smith, never really noticed they were in poverty, since they didn’t have money, neither did anyone else as far as they were concerned. At the age of 13 Rosalynn’s father had died of leukemia. After her father’s death she had to help her mother raise her other siblings. While Rosalynn was attending Plains High School she worked hard to achieve her father’s dream of her going to college. When she graduated Plains High School she was salutatorian. After high school she attended Georgia Southwestern College.
There’s approximately 25.6 million of teens in the U.S. Only 40% of teens say they save
Rosa Louise McCauley Parks was born in Tuskegee, Alabama in February of 1913. After her parents separated, her mother moved the family to Pine Lakes, Alabama. There the family lived with her mother’s parents. Her grandparents were both former slaves and strong believers in racial equality. Rosa Parks attended a segregated school until the 11th grade when she left school to take care of her grandmother. Instead of returning to school she got a job as a seamstress in a factory. Biography states, “When Rosa was 19 years old, she met and married Raymond Parks, a barber and an active member of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People” (Biography, 2014). With the help of Raymond she eventually completed high school and also became an active member of the NAACP.
Throughout the text Rosa is portrayed as a rather strict and rude parental figure. Yet, her personality completely alters when she is put into a difficult situation. She is put on the spot to create an idea that will be efficient to hide Max from the Nazis. Hans and Liesel are in panic, while Rosa is able to quickly come up with an idea. Even though, Hans is skeptical of her plan, the situation is potentially leading her to death, and she is able to put the worries aside and focus at the task at hand. Therefore, this quotation shows the reader that Rosa Hubermann is more than a stereotypical mean
social class, but rather her mom’s status. In summary, Rosaura is transformed and knows that she
She knows that they picked cotton in North Carolina before coming north a short time before she was born in Washington but she doesn 't know much else. As the firstborn girl Rosa Lee’s role was set by the Southern traditions. For the older daughter, her mother is so dependent on her account in the household that the younger ones will have opportunities that Rosa Lee never had. Most of Rosetta’s other children don’t share the same views of their mother as Rosa Lee. They remember her as a woman working hard to keep her family together under difficult conditions. While Rosa Lee was still in the early years at Giddings Elementary school, her smoldering resentment caused her to silently reject her mother 's vision of her future she was determined that domestic work was not going to be the way she survived. Rosetta gave birth to twenty-two children some of them died before reaching adulthood. Rosa Lee became accustomed to bedrooms crammed with too many people and living rooms with no room for private conversation (Dash,
For the young Dulce Rosa Orellano, life is great being the beautiful daughter of Senator Anselmo Orellano. She has people waiting on her hands and feet, and is even crowned jasmines of Carnival Queen for another consecutive year. That is until “rumors of the beauty who was flourishing in the Senator Orellano’s house reaches the ears of Tadeo Cespedes” (Charters 43). Given that he was “only concerned with the Civil War”, everything is a fight for him. So Tadeo made it his mission to seek out the young beauty and have her as his own. This mission consisted of shooting up the home with all of his men, murdering Senator Orellano, and unwillingly raping Dulce Rosa. Before being in he hands of the Tadeo, she says before her father, “let me live so that I can avenge us both” (Charters 44). In doing so, Dulce Rosa grows up to forget about her high fame and beauty, to a woman to live alone and whose only mission on Earth is vengeance (45). Tadeo how ever, gets old and leaves his violent days. He actually comes to his sense and searches for Dulce Rosa to apologize for his past behavior so that he may “attain a certain degree of happiness” (Charters 46). To his own dismay he ends up falling for Dulce Rosa, who in turns kills herself as her revenge for her father to him.
Rosa was a teen mom who grew up in severe poverty, and while she did not begin drugs until later in life, this could be representative of the double failure finally setting in. After years of struggle, trying to support her family through whatever legitimate means necessary, she experiences the heroin high for the first time and the pain is gone. From that point, she has to continue with those illegitimate sources in order to keep up her habits, and she is unable to achieve social mobility so that her children aren’t also raised in the conditions that contributed to her criminality. So they go through the same thing, as the subculture which Rosa raised them in becomes their primary source of reference and self-esteem. Even though Ducky does work a legitimate job at one point, he still only used the money he made to feed his drug
Rosa Parks was born on the 4th of February in 1913. She was born in Alabama in the city of Tuskegee . Her maiden name was Rosa McCauley. James and Leona McCauley are Rosa Parks parents. She was the oldest child. After she finished her education, Rosa Parks married Raymond Parks. When she married Raymond Park, he wanted to get more of a formal education. Due to segregation, he only had a little formal education. He thought he had enough education. Rosa Parks wanted to get more education, so Raymond Parks supported Rosa Parks. Rosa Park and Raymond Parks got the education they
...ura because at this time she realizes she had been the help at the party. Unfortunately, Rosaura was not prepared for what she was taught that day. By the time we reach the end of the story it is evident that the child, Rosaura, has learned a painful lesson in class structure which she will take with her throughout the rest of her life.