Last updated on March 18, 2015
by Ann Roberts// Editor-in-Chief
On Tuesday, Feb. 24, at Volunteer State Community College in the Rochelle Center at 2:30 p.m., Vol State International Students Association (VISA) club hosted an event called ìGetting To Know You.
Margarita Perez Torres, president of VISA, spoke about her native country of Peru; the landscape, cuisine, culture, and agriculture.
Some of our teachers they really enjoyed it. And they didn’t know so many things about our countries like for some about the variety of potatoes in my country,î said Torres.
Amanda De La Paz, vice president of VISA club, talked about Michoacan, Mexico.
She moved to Tennessee from there when she was 11.
Michoacan means place of the fisherman.
It is the same size as Belgium.
Twenty million Monarch Butterflies migrate there from North America every year.
Selena Cortez, secretary of VISA club, was born in Gallatin but talked about Dolores Hidalgo, Mexico.
The most produced product in town is their ceramics.
I thought it was amazing. I liked it when my big sister Selena talked about our dad î Yesvenia Cortez, Selena Cortez’s eight year old sister who attended.
Oky Arguello, advisor, was born on the plane to Costa Rica.
The money goes toward improving the education of their populace.
Costa Rica is considered one of the most literate countries in the world.
It also has two of the best hospitals in the continent.
Pedro Martinez, advisor and counselor, is from Puerto Rico.
The American dollar is used there and the country is the size of Connecticut.
I feel happy that everybody enjoyed it,î said Torres.
There were cookies and lemonade provided.
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