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| Fran on an outing at San Agustin Etla last month |
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| A beautiful young woman! |
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| Enjoying our day, Etla Market
Fran is just starting the second semester of her third year at the engineering school, Instituto Technologico del Valle de Oaxaca (ITVO) in Xoxo, a community 30 minutes south of Oaxaca City.
Since she changed majors, it's actually her second year as an agronomy student. This semester she is taking a heavy load: Statistics, Agricultural Topography, Agricultural Production, Rural Sociology, Animal Physiology and Plant Physiology.
As always, her learning curve includes far more than her academic course of study. She has had the opportunity to learn much from contact with our Airbnb/Craigslist short-term roommates which we very much need to help pay the rent and meet expenses. Each guest contributes some small lesson, a bright idea, expertise, encouragement. And Fran has had her disappointments and trials as we all do.
Those of you who have been following this blog are aware of where she came from, and the implications of her current aspirations set against the background of the rural, isolated life of her childhood, which was extremely limited in terms of resources and opportunities. But each trial has made her stronger, taught her something important, and etched more definition into her understanding of the new world to which she has committed herself.
I continue to feel privileged to watch the unfolding of this strong, curious, ambitious young woman, and we are both thankful for the small community of friends that faithfully support her efforts to learn and grow, and make a strong foundation for her future.
Many thanks!
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