Claudia Walthing AndradeI arrived in Lemoore, California in the year 1978. I was enrolled in third grade at Island Elementary School after our arrival. It was then that I began to have seizures at the young age of 9, and all other signs of epilepsy. I learned to speak Englih within the school year. I believe that in our life, we need some level of education to gain knowledge. Education was a must in my family. I joined school sports and activities when I could participate to have fun. I graduated from P.W. Engvall middle school in the year of 1985. I graduated from Lemoore Union High School in 1989. A year later, I married Jesus Curiel Palomera and we had a son named Jesus Wathing Curiel Jr., he was born in a special day on Christmas Eve in 1991. I graduated from West Hills College in May 2007 and was seizure-free. Read More Read Less