Siler City’s First Latino Helps Cops Communicate - North Carolina

Roberto Vasquez was only in his early 20’s when he came to America from El Salvador and on July 4th of 1977, Vasquez became Siler City’s first legally documented Latino.

“When I came here, I was real scared because I had never been here before,” Vasquez said.

Since arriving here, Vasquez has worked as a cashier at Food Lion. He said he came here because America offered a better life, place to live, and income than his native country. It took Vasquez three years to learn English and he said those three years were tough because there weren’t many Siler City residents speaking his language.”*

*From: http://www.nbc17.com
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