Laura Delgado

Posted by Jim Garrett
 
 
Speaker:  Exchange Student Laura Delgado
 
Supported by a host of visiting High Schoolers (among them, Lisa Scott’s daughter, Diana Scott, the ace goalie of the soccer Lady Pirates, who was also celebrating her 17th birthday), Brazilian exchange student Laura Delgado provided Rotarians an introduction to her native land, which she said is the world’s fifth largest country in land-area, speaks Portuguese, calls its currency the Real, and makes its capital Brasilia (a city like Washington, D.C. created specifically for that purpose).
 
The Brazilian flag, Laua noted consists of a green background, emblematic of the country’s abundant lush vegetation, a yellow diamond, representing its mineral wealth, and a blue celestial orb with 27 stars representing its states and the capital district, and words meaning “order and progress.”
Laura said the country is known for its beautiful beaches, soccer, food (she recalled especially deserts made with enormous quantities of sugar), Carnival, the Amazon River, and abundant waterfalls.
 
Brazil features many citizens of Japanese, German and Italian heritage, Laura said.  She noted a German friend, currently an exchange student in Durango, relishes pointing out that it was Germany that won the most recent soccer World Cup, that was staged in Brazil in 2014.
 
Laura said that Pagosa Springs was different from her home, which is a small city, but substantially larger than our town.  In addition to size, and cooler weather here, which might readily have been guessed, she added the fact that people here don’t hug as much as Brazilians, to whom an embrace is often a standard greeting.

In addition, Laura noted that her school in Brazil has much smaller class sizes, with only 13 in her class there.  In school here, Laura said she enjoys history classes.  Outside of school, she helps with pre-schoolers.

Laura said she hopes for a career in nursing, or the law.

Rotarians then gave an ovation expressing strong appreciation for the talents Laura has brought to the community, and for her interesting talk.