Monserrat
Mama Tica has 8 brothers and sisters. So far, we have met only one of her sisters and one brother. The sister that we met brought her daughter, Monserrat, to have dinner with us and several other ladies. It turned out that Monse (as we call her, or Monsita to Mama Tica) was accepted to a university near us to go to veterinary school. Since she lives at least an hour an a half away, she will stay with us during the week so that she can go to school.
Monse is 18 years old, and she has always wanted to work with animals. She has a dog named Nico that she misses a lot during the week. She loves showing us pictures of him and the other animals that she has at home. Although she's a little quiet, she does understand and speak English, which helps sometimes when Hannah and I can't for the life of us remember how to say something. I'm happy that she can stay with us, and that we have another college student in the house.