Nick Diaz Retired math teacher tutors at nonprofit

Nick Diaz Retired math teacher tutors at nonprofit By Nicholas C. Stern News-Post Staff July 09, 2010

http://www.fredericknewspost.com/sections/news/display.htm?StoryID=107114

At the age of 13, Nick Diaz left his native Cuba with his mother in 1960 for the promise of a new life in the United States.

He arrived in Miami, soon accompanied by thousands of other Cuban children fleeing in exile. He found that relying on his foreign compatriots for advice and aid in adapting to life in a new country was key to success.

So when Elizabeth Chung, executive director of LIFE and Discovery, asked him to tutor young students, many of whom are immigrants, he said he could not refuse. Diaz teaches the math classes year-round at the educational nonprofit's offices in Frederick.

"We think of it as an investment in the future," he said… http://www.fredericknewspost.com/sections/news/display.htm?StoryID=107114

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