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Many people leave home to attend college. Paraskevi Fostinis\u2014Eve to many of her friends\u2014had to leave her country.<\/p>\n
Born and raised in Greece, Eve found herself at a crossroads after high school: She didn\u2019t get into the public colleges she preferred. Since the university system in New York offered more options, she decided to continue her education in the city, which her family visited every other Christmas. \u201cI had citizenship through my mother, a Greek-born, naturalized American,\u201d Eve explains. \u201cIn Greece, she tutored people in English, and at home she spoke to me in English, so I grew up bilingual.\u201d<\/p>\n
For these reasons, Eve, her siblings\u2014a sister, then in high school, and a brother, in elementary school\u2014and their mom moved to Queens in 2012. Their dad remained in Greece, running the one-day cruising business he owns with his brother; he joins his family here during the off-season.<\/p>\n
In 2013, Eve enrolled at QC. \u201cI wasn\u2019t accepted at first,\u201d she says. \u201cI entered as an ESL student.\u201d After one semester, she matriculated. \u201cThe only thing that was hard was accepting the fact that I was starting over.\u201d<\/p>\n
From that point, she has excelled, graduating cum laude while double-majoring in Communications Sciences and Disorders and Sociology, minoring in Greek, and holding down a part-time job in QC\u2019s Department of Communications, assisting in the area of News Services. Her experience as an immigrant influenced her choice of studies. \u201cI wanted to do something that would help people,\u201d she comments. \u201cCommunications is the foundation of all relationships.\u201d<\/p>\n
This summer, Eve will go to Greece to work with her dad. Then, to earn her master\u2019s degree, she will be moving once again: She is entering the graduate program in Speech-Language Pathology at SUNY Plattsburgh. After that? \u201cI want to focus on the Greek population in the United States as a bilingual speech-language pathologist,\u201d she concludes. \u201cMaybe I\u2019ll become a traveling speech-language pathologist for a while. But in the end, I would like to open my own practice near here. I\u2019ve built a whole future based on what New York City offers.\u201d<\/p>\n
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Favorite book:<\/strong> The Fault in Our Stars, <\/em>by John Green<\/p>\nFavorite music:<\/strong> Pop, country, and Greek music<\/p>\nSurprising facts:<\/strong> She knows basic American Sign Language and is certified to work on a boat.<\/p>\n[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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