Student Spotlight: Manuel Alejandro Chavarria Blanco March 29, 2023

Hello dear classmates! I hope you all are enjoying your
living in this wondrous city. My name is Manuel Alejandro
Chavarria Blanco. I was born and raised in Guatemala, Central America. Soon after finishing my university studies in my country, I decided to join a Franciscan group in the Franciscan Province of the Immaculate Concepcion of New York. I hope to become a Franciscan friar and Catholic priest in the future, so I moved to the Big Apple just four months ago to improve my English skills and know American culture in general.

I enrolled in NYEA. Here, I discovered a nice and international learning community. Teachers and classmates are friendly, and all of us together share a glad feeling about being able to learn English in a great, diverse, and inclusive place. Now, I have more friends and links with different lifestyles than before; that is so precious. I give thanks to all, religious brothers, teachers, classmates, for being part in this rich experience.