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Brazilian Zarela Mosquera moved to the United States as a teenager. The adjustment to a new place was【A1】 .

Mosquera says she became a bratty (顽皮的) teenager, as a result. But it was not just the【A2】that affected her behavior. Mosquera says there was another major stress in her life at that time She was the only member of her 【A3】 who spoke English.

Being in a country with my family that doesn’t speak Spanish and my parents do 【A4】 , my parents were trying to give me all these responsibilities. "Along with Spanish and English, Mosquera also speaks Portuguese. But there was another universal language she learned to love as a child.:art.

Zarela Mosquera connected with drawing and painting while in school.【A5】 she mostly dismissed art as a path to a career. She says her Dad 【A6】 always say,"Think about the【A7】 ” Mosquera did not think he would support the study of 【A8】 once she went to college.

But to her【A9】 , It was her parents who suggested just that. They urged her to 【A10】 to technical and liberal arts schools. "One of them was Rhode island School of Design, which was like was like my 【A11】 choice. "RISD, as it is called, 【A12】 Mosquera as well. She enrolled in industrial design.

“It's basically to design 【A13】 and services. I could be doing something more technical or something more 【A14】to problem solving. Whether it's 【A15】out a better way to filter water or developing a type of specific shelter 【A16】 refugees for example.”

Mosquera says the course of study was 【A17】 including me at working , woodworking and model making. She says in one class she just drew cubes for an entire month, which led her to a【A18】 : "Wow! Do I really want to do this?” But, she says, she 【A19】 the cube study. And, then she began 【A20】 on more Interesting projects.”

Mosqurera is now a design strategist for Manhall Moya Design, an architecture and interior design company in Washington, D.C