19. Maria Gomez Maria Gomez was born in Peru 1971. She grew up in a small village. She began to school when she was six years old. She went to elementary school, but she didn’t go to high school. Her family was very poor, and she had to go to work when she was thirteen years old. She worked on an assembly line in a shoe factory. When Maria was seventeen years old, her family moved to the United States. First, they live in Los Angeles, and then moved to San Fransisco. When Maria arrived in the United State, she wasn’t very happy. She missed her friends back in Peru, she did not speak one word of English. She began to study English at night, and she worked in a factory during the day. Maria studied hard. She learned English, and she got a job as a secretary. Maria still studies at night, but now she studies advertising at a business school. She wants to work for an advertising company some day and write commercials. Maria still misses her friends back home, but she communicates with them very often over the internet. She ‘s very happy now, and she’s looking forward to an exciting future. The following statements are TRUE, except ….