Miriam Lattanzi (Mother)

Miriam Santos-Herrera was born in a small, poor

village in Guatemala on September 12, 1968. She had a
fairly big family with two brothers, one sister, and six
other half siblings. She was the youngest. When she was
only six years old a tragic event happened as her family
was chased out of the country by rebels and were forced
to move to the city of Siwatepecke in Honduras. Moving
from a small village to a city was a very huge
transformation and it took her family a while to assimilate
to this new Honduran culture. She started going to school
at a private school that went from kindergarten to middle
school. After that she moved away to attend a high
school trade school to learn how to become a teacher and
receive her teaching diploma. One sport that Miriam
enjoyed doing the most was playing basketball and she
really got into it. After graduating high school Miriam

moved to the countrys capital, Tegucigalpa, to earn more

teaching credentials. Eventually her school went on a
strike so she had to move to the United States to learn,
knowing very little English. She, at that moment, decided
to stay due to all of the vast opportunities to receive a
better education. She enjoyed teaching so much she
decided to attend DVC and earned her associates degree
in early childhood education. To this day she is a very
successful Spanish teacher and currently owns her own
business where she teaches Spanish camps for younger
children. She enjoys Zumba, playing Bunco, hiking, and
taking care of the family. One of the major priorities for
Miriam was to be a good mother and wife and she fulfilled
it when she got married to Mike.