Personal Narrative: My Interview With Veronica Galvez

On Monday, January 30, 2017, I interviewed Veronica Galvez and through the interview, I learned about Veronica’s life, her experience in the communication program, and her life outside of the program. Through this report, I will interpret her responses to a serious of questions that guided her to inform me about her life, her experience in the communication program, and her life outside of the program. I want to note that my interpretation of her responses may not be exact, still, I hope to depict the true Veronica Galvez. To begin, Veronica Galvez was born in El Salvador and in 1985 she moved to the United States. What is more, she became a citizen of the United States in 2016. Veronica admits that when she moved to the Unites States she did not know how to speak English, which set her back a year in school. Growing up, Veronica was very shy and did not go out of her way to speak with others. In fact, up until six/seventh grade, she did not feel comfortable speaking with others because she did not feel as though she could effectively communicate in English. However, once she started seventh grade she felt confident communicating with others in English and from
She has been in banking for twelve years and being in this communication program has helped her see that her relationship with her boss was not healthy, especially when she was using her internship credits at work. Eventually, she got a new boss and her work life has been great ever since. Having a communication degree allows Veronica to add that to her qualifications and she makes use of her degree by writing policies and other important documents for Wells Fargo. She has also found that since studying communication, she is able to see leadership in other people by helping them open up. She is able to communicate with another individual in a way that makes them want to open up and take charge, which is