Alexandra, a 32-year-old Russian immigrant who has been in the United States for eight years, reflected on how learning English changed her life:
Well it [learning English] affected my life in a lot of different ways, because as soon as I was more or less comfortable with English I could get a better job […] at an American corporate company where I didn’t have to rely on people who speaks Russian, because I need someone to translate for me and help to understand.”
