Sunday, August 27, 2006
Colombian immigrant top designer
"We didn't speak a word of English when we came here". . . the first year was rough. . .he got over the language barrier through television. "I had no friends. . .I'd choose certain words and practice them in front of the mirror. My role model was Ricky Ricardo." Samuel Botero, b. 1945 in Colombia, an immigrant who rose to be a top international designer, pp. 136-137. It's fortunate that modern education theorists didn't get ahold of him and cripple his initiative and English. I love inspiring stories about immigrants. [from my Collecting my thoughts blog commenting on the Sept. 2004 issue of Architectural Digest]
# posted by Norma : 8/27/2006 05:54:00 AM
