El dieciséis de octubre/October 16th
¡Feliz cumpleaños a ... Laura Sánchez Soto (1985- )
A diver (clavadista) from Guadalajara, Mexico who competed in three consecutive Olympics (and was training for Tokyo 2020 before the Covid-19 pandemic hit), Sánchez won bronze in the 3-meter springboard in London in 2012. She also won various medals in the Pan-American games (two silver medals in 2005, gold and silver in 2007, and gold in 2011). See her dive in this short video and read (in Spanish) about her emotional journey to becoming a mother in this article from Esto magazine. After years of struggling to have a child, Sánchez had her son, Alef, in 2015, and her daughter, Nicole, two years later. In this video, from 2015, she talks about the challenges and rewards of training for the Olympics while caring for her three-month old son: "Hay que abrirnos un poquito a la posibilidad de que ... bueno ... que se puede hacer las dos cosas: ser mamá y ser profesional" (We need to open up to the possibility that ... well ... that both things can be done: being a mom and being a professional).
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Carlos Ott (1946- ): An architect from Uruguay who currently lives in Canada, Ott became famous in 1983 when he won 1st prize in the competition to design the Opera Bastille in Paris for the July 14, 1989 bicentennial of the French Revolution (there were some 744 submitting architects). Ott has since designed beautiful buildings all over the world. After growing up in Uruguay and attending the School of Architecture at the University of the Republic, Ott won a Fulbright to study at the University of Hawaii in 1971. He graduated with a Masters in Architecture and Urban Design from Washington University's School of Architecture in 1972. In 1992 he returned to Urguguay to live and work, though he has offices all over the world. In this interview (in Spanish), Ott speaks about he trajectory of his career.
For resources for teaching Spanish, Level 1 through AP, CLICK HERE.
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A diver (clavadista) from Guadalajara, Mexico who competed in three consecutive Olympics (and was training for Tokyo 2020 before the Covid-19 pandemic hit), Sánchez won bronze in the 3-meter springboard in London in 2012. She also won various medals in the Pan-American games (two silver medals in 2005, gold and silver in 2007, and gold in 2011). See her dive in this short video and read (in Spanish) about her emotional journey to becoming a mother in this article from Esto magazine. After years of struggling to have a child, Sánchez had her son, Alef, in 2015, and her daughter, Nicole, two years later. In this video, from 2015, she talks about the challenges and rewards of training for the Olympics while caring for her three-month old son: "Hay que abrirnos un poquito a la posibilidad de que ... bueno ... que se puede hacer las dos cosas: ser mamá y ser profesional" (We need to open up to the possibility that ... well ... that both things can be done: being a mom and being a professional).Otros cumpleaños:
Carlos Ott (1946- ): An architect from Uruguay who currently lives in Canada, Ott became famous in 1983 when he won 1st prize in the competition to design the Opera Bastille in Paris for the July 14, 1989 bicentennial of the French Revolution (there were some 744 submitting architects). Ott has since designed beautiful buildings all over the world. After growing up in Uruguay and attending the School of Architecture at the University of the Republic, Ott won a Fulbright to study at the University of Hawaii in 1971. He graduated with a Masters in Architecture and Urban Design from Washington University's School of Architecture in 1972. In 1992 he returned to Urguguay to live and work, though he has offices all over the world. In this interview (in Spanish), Ott speaks about he trajectory of his career.
For resources for teaching Spanish, Level 1 through AP, CLICK HERE.
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