NEW YORK—It was a moment of awe for Vimarsha Sital. “I kept thinking in my mind: ‘Should I ask her? Should I not ask her?’” And then the moment came and she did and succeeded— Vimarsha took a selfie with the Queen of Spain.
Her Majesty Queen Letizia of Spain visited P.S. 103 Dos Puentes Elementary School in Washington Heights on Monday to observe acceptance of four New York schools into the network of International Spanish Academies. Member schools offer bilingual education with support from the Spanish Ministry of Education.
“I got so excited,” said Vimarsha, a seventh-grader at Southampton Intermediate, one of the accepted schools. “I was so scared she’s going to reject me.”
But it wasn’t just the excitement of taking a picture with royalty. “She’s a very good role model to kids,” Vimarsha said.
Vimarsha is of Surinam descent, but attends the English-Spanish bilingual program, so meeting the queen was an inspiration for her to further improve her Spanish.
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