Oscar Mojica: He Dared Me to Teach Him English

In 1992, Loreen Sumner was hired as the first English as a Second Language (ESL) teacher in Duplin County, North Carolina, and, through the years, she has had the privilege of teaching many students coming to this country from diverse parts of the world. Oscar Mojica, a twelve-year-old from Mexico, was one of her first ESL students. His stubborn personality and determination to succeed in the face of enormous struggles intrigued her so much that she was drawn to him and helped him. In the p...