Coppell teens bridging language and culture gaps between Asians and Latinos through weekly storytelling
The two friends read to Coppell ISD students multiple times a week, translating Indian stories into Spanish for the bilingual classes.
Coppell high school juniors Aarushi Jaiswal, left, and Veda Kanamarlapudi, read an Indian folktale titled Sukhu and Dukhu via Zoom, to a dual language elementary students at W.H. Wilson Elementary in Coppell, on Monday, April 19, 2021. The Coppell high school juniors are translating Indian children stories into Spanish so dual language students can understand it.(Ben Torres / Special Contributor)
7:00 AM on May 10, 2021 CDT
Veda Kanamarlapudi and Aarushi Jaiswal grew up in immigrant households where grandparents and other relatives shared old Indian stories such as the
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