Added: Sep 8, 2010
From: CaringForMissLeyva
Duration: 1:6
Major Stroke robs teacher's ability to read, write or speak normally but Miss Leyva refuses to let the stroke take the teacher out of the teacher. Leyva shows us how to tie a shoe using only one hand. Paralyzed on one side following a major stroke three years ago, Leyva is a survivor. Her stroke happened at home following the first week of school at Oceanside High School where she had taught Spanish since 1999. Having earned both a B.A. in English Literature as well as a B.A. in Russian Literature at the University of Havana, Cuba, Leyva-Griffith escaped communist Cuba and was granted political asylum here in the U.S. Husband Rick Griffith is the sole caregiver. Since Isabel's stroke left her unable to speak, write, or read, communication is very difficult. We are a family with a mom and a dad, four lovable little doggies (three are adopted), two adopted kitties, two birds, and a pond full of goldfish. Isabel is a surviver, having spent five days and nights in a two-man life raft with four other adults as the five braved rough seas and ever-present sharks in their quest for a better life here in the United States. They had escaped Fidel Castro's Communist Cuba at last. The Coast Guard picked them up half way between Florida and Cuba (around 1990); Isabel was granted political asylum and began a new life in Las Vegas where she taught Russian at a local high school. Richard (rick) and Isabel celebrated their second wedding anniversary while Isabel was in the hospital following her stroke. Rick owns WebsiteVideoWorks.com, a small video production business. He also works as a free-lance cameraman, and on camera spokesman. Please leave some encouragement for Isabel on her Web log: CaringForMissLeyva.WordPress.com
Channel: News
Rating: 5.0' max='5' min='1' numRaters='1' rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#overall ( ratings) Views: 1222 Comments: 0
. . . . . . . because these video appear directly from youtube.com which we cannot control it.)
