Andres Huenneke Staff Writer Assimilation into the culture of the United States is a concept that many immigrants have to face. One of these immigrants is Paola*, a woman from Guatemala who migrated to the United States in 2011. She works for a local cleaners here in Alexandria. According to Paola, life in the United States has been much better than life in Guatemala. In Guatemala, due to her lack of education, she was not able to maintain a job. “Even with [an] education, finding jobs over there [Guatemala] is incredibly difficult,” Paola said. The value of the currency used in Guatemala is the key reason why there is so…
Alexandria City High School