Success Stories

Class student Maria del Carmen sharing her experience passing the citizenship test with class students

Class students Jacqueline Castro and Maria Del Carmen with EIIC Class Assistant Carolina Bustamante at 

USCIS NY Field Office

Citizenship Class Volunteer, Kathy Smith with class students Felicita Montoya and Diana Alvarado 

Mrs. Felicita Montoya passed her citizenship test on March17, 2017 and 

Mrs. Diana Alvarado passed her citizenship test on March 8, 2017 

Class student Angie Rodriguez passed her citizenship test on March 10, 2017

Citizenship Program Manager, Kelly Becker Smith with class student Francisco Cureno.

Class student Francisco Cureno passed his test on February 28, 2017

ESL/Citizenship Instructor Orion Anderson with class students Monica Lugo and Blanca Luna.

Monica Lugo and Blanca Luna passed their citizenship test on January 11th, 2017

Kelly Becker-Smith EIIC Citizenship Manager and class student Luis Tirado.

Mr. Tirado Naturalized on December 14th, 2016

Class student Nelly Maflas passed her citizenship test on December 15th, 2016 and will naturalize on December 15th, 2016

Phyllis David, Maria Escobar and  Estela Arcentales 

passed their citizenship test on November 9th, 2016 

Student Martha Amigon naturalized on October 20th, 2016

Class students Gladys Pineros Naturalized on October 7, 2016

Class students Pablo Leon, Veronica Leon, Metha Priti, Metha Prakhash and Maria Risco  sharing their goods news passing the test with class instructor Neil Giannelli and class students.

Class student Paola Alexandra Yanez Yepez naturalized on October 14th, 2016

Student Gilberto Espinoza Ortiz and Liz Baber ESL/Citizenship Coordinator.
Mr. Espinoza passed his citizenship test on October 27th, 2016.

Student Hilda Nieto and ESL/Citizenship Coordinator Liz Baber

Hilda naturalized on September 23rd, 2016

Pedro Molina and Rosa Abreu passed September 9th, 2016

Class student Jaime Fuigueroa naturalized on August 2nd, 2016

Miguel Centeno naturalized on September 9th, 2016

Maria Somarakis naturalized on September 6th, 2016

Marco Jaramillo naturalized on September 9th, 2016

Class Student Amanda Montoya and Marlene Delgado Citizenship Class Volunteer.

Mrs. Montoya naturalized on August 12th, 2016

Class student Marlene Velasquez and Citizenship Class Assistant, Carolina Bustamante.

Mrs. Velasquez naturalized on August 24th, 2016

 Marcelo Agudo passed his citizenship test on August 9th, 2016

Fatima Sanchez passed her interview on August 10th, 2016

Juan Garcia passed his citizenship test on July 29th, 2016

Class student Janneth Echevarria Naturalized on July 23rd, 2016 

Maria Arias and Beata Hernandes passed their citizenship test on August 10th 

Class students Mariela Gonzalez, Janeth Echevarria, Lucila Arevalo and Luis Valencia passed their citizenship test.

Anita Vintimilla passed her citizenship test on July 19th, 2016.

Gladys Figueroa passed her citizenship test on August 1st, 2016.

Hilda Nieto passed her citizenship test on July 19th, 2016.

Luis Dutan passed his Citizenship test on August 1st, 2016

Luz Holguin passed her citizenship test on July 25th, 2016

Mariela Gonzalez passed her test on July 14th, 2016

Carmen Diaz, Miguel Centeno, Diego Oliveros, Luis Toro and Patricia Figueroa sharing their good news with class students.

Class student Gladys Sandoval Carrillo naturalized June 28, 2016

Class students Nancy Tirado and Gladys Sandoval sharing their good news with the class.

Mrs. Gladys Sandoval passed her citizenship interview on June 10th, 2016

Class student Nancy Tirado passed her citizenship test on May 9th, 2016

Fredda Altamirano naturalized on April 28,2016

Class student Elias Altamirano naturalized on May 5th, 2016

Volunteer Nora with class students Tsetan Lhundup (passed his test on May 31, 2016) , Victor Paez (passed his test on May 26, 2016)  and Delia Coyotzi Nava ( passed her test on May 24, 2016) 

Delia Coyotzi Nava passed her citizenship test on May 21st, 2016

Frida and Elias Altamirano passed their  test on April 1st

Class Assistant Jose Alexander Bonilla with class student Irma Cruz.

Mrs. Irma passed her citizenship test on May 10th, 2016

Class Student Gladys Granja passed her citizenship test on May 3rd, 2016

Miriam Linares naturalized on March 25th, 2016

Student Nancy Toribio who passed her citizenship test on January 15th, 2016 with EIIC Coordinator Liz Baber and Class Assistant Alex Bonilla

Flor Canales passed her citizenship test on March 11, 2016

Class students Vicenta Molino, Nanci Toribio with EIIC Coordinator Liz Baber

Mrs. Molino became a US citizen on March 31 and Mrs. Toribio  passed her citizenship on January 5, 2016

Teresa Cordova became a US citizen on March 1, 2016

Claudio Lopez became a US citizen on February 4th, 2016 

Class students Janet Saavedra y Diana Martinez naturalized on February 2nd, 2016

Class Student Martha Aguilar passed her citizenship test on March 31, 2016

Class student Myriam Arias passed her citizenship test on January 16, 2016 and naturalized on March 1st, 2016

Citizenship Class Instructor Orion Anderson with class student Nila Guzman 

who became a US Citizen on February 4, 2016

Pema Tsreing passed his citizenship test on December 17th, 2015

Rocio Villada passed her citizenship test on November 5th and naturalized on December 17th, 2015

Jorge Chimbo passed his citizenship test on December 9th, 2015.

Yolanda Solorzano passed her citizenship test on December 3rd, 2015

Blanca Gonzalez passes her citizenship test on November 12th, 2015

Ludvin Lemus passed his citizenship test on November 6th, 2015

Class Student and Application Assistance Recipient Marlene Delgado passed the citizenship test on August 17^th and naturalized on September 17^th.

Class student Mireya Martinez passed the citizenship test on July 31^st

and naturalized on August 25^th

Class students Maria Lema Morocho and Ana Aguilar naturalized together on August 27^th

Citizenship class student Maria Real passed her citizenship test

on July 20^th and naturalized August 13^th.

Class student Raul Gonzalez passed his citizenship test on August 19^th

and naturalized on September 15^th

Mrs. Blanca Cifuentes passed her second citizenship test on August 5^th, 2015 and naturalized on September 23^rd.

Class student Jose Gonzalez passed the citizenship test 

on his second attempt on August 28^th.  

Class students Juana Wong and Richard Calvo with volunteer Olga Espinal.

Student Lucy Arcila and volunteer tutor Shawn Lynch.

Maria Montoya and Claudia Galvez passed their citizenship tests

on September 28^th  and September 24^th

Class students Jenny Leon, Edgar Leon, Thupten Sonam and Tashi Regchok sharing their good news with class students.

Thupten Sonam passed his citizenship test on August 19^th 

and naturalized on September 21^st.  

Dolores Miranda passed the citizenship test on July 7^th at the second time and naturalized on August 4^th.  She took advantage of the supplemental tutoring and mock interview opportunities at EIIC until she felt confident in her ability to pass.