Patricia Sequieros; 

American Dreamer

Patricia (right) and Maria, Housekeepers at The Springs at Borrego

Patricia has a sister Maria, and two brothers, Miguel and Lalo, who also work at The Springs. They are a loving and hard working family. Patricia is married to Javier, and together they have four beautiful children, daughters Jazmyne, age 13, Anahi, 11, and sons Javier, 5, and Benjamin, 4.

Patricia immigrated to the United States legally in 2001, in order to be rejoined with members of her family who were living and working here. 

Patricia had long dreamed of becoming a naturalized citizen of the United States, but her English was not as good as she felt would be needed. In September 2016 she decided to take the plunge and began working hard at the studies that would be required. In February of this year she formally submitted her application to become naturalized.

In July, she was granted the required interview with the immigration authorities. She was nervous, but it went well.

On August 23, 2017, Patricia joined over 1000 other new citizens in Gold Hall at the San Diego Convention Center, to be sworn in by a court of law as a naturalized citizen of the United States of America.

Standing together to be honored in that ceremony were immigrants from many parts of the world, all of whom have been living and working here and have done the hard work of going through the months- or years-long process and following all of the rules.

No doubt some of those achieving citizenship that day are refugees who came to America in an attempt to merely survive, after being forced out of their war-stricken homelands. Others, like Patricia, merely sought a better life and a decent place to raise their families.

Ours is a nation of immigrants. Our national culture is a blending of many cultures from diverse parts of the world. That blending defines what it means to be an American. Even families that have been here many generations have grown from ancestors who came here to escape persecution or to find opportunity.

Here at the Springs, we are grateful to have Patricia on our team, and thrilled with her achievement. 

She said, "In the years that I have been at The Springs, many of my co-workers and even some guests helped me learn to speak and write better English. That gave me the confidence to do the hard work and go through the process. I am very grateful to all of them, and I am very happy to be a citizen!"