February Tutor of the Month: Ruth

Ruth has been a trained literacy tutor since 2016 and has several student success stories since then. Ruth and Milka became a match in September 2024. Despite Milka’s work hours they have tried to meet whenever they can. Ruth has Spanish as a second language background and that helps with her understanding and translation of Spanish in their classes. However, Ruth also knows the importance of using English in class time. Ruth helps Milka to learn English words and terms that are important for use in her work at the Mexican grocery store. Ruth is patient and kind and also has a terrific sense of humor so laughter is definitely a part of their class time. Ruth loves teaching and that sense of joy comes through in her classes. Ruth is glad that Milka keeps a positive frame of mind about her continued learning.

February Student of the Month: Milka

Milka has been a student of this literacy council since August 2024; then in September she was matched with Ruth. Milka is bright and eager to learn. She has family members who are also learning English and she has a desire to mix with her community. Milka is employed at the local Mexican grocery and loves trying to help her customers, both English and Spanish speaking. Milka is working hard on learning terms and sentences to help customers find and purchase items in the store that are needed for certain recipes so she enjoys working with Ruth on learning those names. She is proud that she has learned common greetings, time, and numbers. Since Milka’s children are learning English at school, they help each other along in their progress. Milka enjoys her class time with Ruth and feels she is learning much from her.