I first learned to read and write in English before Spanish. The reason being that my dad got a scholarship from LSU to get his Master’s there. So he took the whole family: mom, my sister and me to Baton Rouge, Louisiana. I was 4 years old when he arrived. We lived there for 2 years. I had my first schooling experience there: Kinder and the first year of Elementary. When we returned to Mexico they enrolled me in the American School (where half the classes were in English, the other in Spanish). I have never left the language. I got my Proficiency,I’ve taught English for many years, and both read and speak in English as naturally as in Spanish. I’m a native speaker in both languages!