Humans of LBCC

Humans of LBCC

Sabrina Parsons

“Duolingo’d the heck out”

Sabrina Parsons is a first term student here at Linn Benton Community College. She is a journalism major and is twenty years old. She took two years off between high school and now to travel. She first drove cross country to Georgia and back before nannying in Italy the following summer. She worked for an English speaking family of five. She watched three children between the ages of seven and ten. She was able to visit over seventeen cities, stay in the mountains and several different parts of the country with the family. She was also able to see Rome, Florence, and Venice by herself. To prep for this job she learned a little Italian on Duolingo, but said she leaned more of te language just by being there and talking to fluent speakers.

Fabian Gonzales

Fabian Gonzales is a forestry here at Linn Benton Community College. He will be transferring to Oregon State University for winter term to further his education. Gonzales is thirty one, he is married, and has two kids. They are all initially from California, moving here only two weeks ago. When asked why the sudden change in location, he replied by saying that his wife had always wanted to move to Oregon, and the schools here were good for his major. Gonzales is an Army veteran. He is attending school after serving four years in the military, stationed in Colorado. He was also attached to a cavalry union tour in Iraq from 2008-2009. I talked to Gonzales while he was in between classes in the Veterans Center here on campus.