Wednesday, December 7, 2016

Rosaura Ruiz Templin- A rose from Costa Rica


who is Rosaura Ruiz Templin?

Rosaura Ruiz Templin (also known as Rosi Templin) is my aunt and also mother. Rosaura is one of eight children from Atensio Ruiz and Evila Juarez. Rosaura was born and raised in Costa Rica, her childhood was full of adventures and many lessons,which she loves to share with her children. Rosaura has always been a hard working person with big dreams and a big heart. She loves to help her family to reach their goals and is very proud of her nationality and culture. Rosaura came to live in  America at the age of 30, this was when she married her husband Steven Templin. Now she has 3 children, 2 girls and 1 boy, and although she live thousands of miles away from her family she loves to stay in touch with them and help them in anyway she can.

table of content

1. Introduction and Childhood 

2. Life in Costa Rica

3. Life in the U.S.A

4. Religion

5. Racism

6. Personal Values

Introduction and childhood


In this small clip, Rosaura introduces herself to the viewers, she talks about her interaction with her family and also about one of her favorite memory as a child with her family. she explains to her viewers that when she was little, family quality time was really important. Her parents used to own a bar which would keep them very busy during the weekends, and because of this reason her parents would take the kids out of school every Wednesday and take them to the beach. She expresses how excited this would make her as a child.  

Life in Costa Rica



In this Clip Rosaura talks about some of the challenges she had to face while living in Costa Rica. She talks about moving from Guanacaste to the city of San Jose with her family due to the fact that her older siblings could not attend a University in the Guanacaste of the lack of one near by. When the family moved to the city, they were not able to take any of their belongings with them. This forced them to start all. This also encoraged Rosaura to look for a job and work so she could help her family economically. This meant that she would have to go to work and study at the same time.  

Life in the U.S.A



Rosaura tells the story about how she came to be in America. She talks about the challenges she had to face while getting adjusted to her new country, this would be; leaving her family behind, language, and culture shock.   

Religion



In this video, Rosaura talks about the importance of religion for her and her family.

Racism



Rousaura talks about an experience regarding racism in her own birth country. She also talks about her belief regarding to racism.

values



Rosaura talks about the values that are important to her, and for her children to have.





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