Esmeralda Jaimes cleans an office at Channel 5 News in Fayetteville, Arkansas, on April 8. Credit: Andrew Epperson (photo is blurry. better version?)
For one other Northwest Arkansas resident, her main goal is to simply give her four children a comfortable life and continue to live her version of the American dream.(rewrite – this is a bit predictable)
Esmeralda Jaimes, 40, moved to Fayetteville from Mexico in 2001 and worked a variety of jobs before she took a job cleaning the Channel 5 News offices. As a single mother, she cleans a number of offices around Northwest Arkansas and does other side jobs to earn money to support her family.
After Jaimes’ mother died, she needed to get away from Mexico and the memories that depressed her, she said. She and her then-husband moved to America in an effort to give their children a better life, and Fayetteville was a natural choice because several members of his family lived in the area. (how much does she earn? wage?)
The roughest month of the year for Jaimes’ finances is August. This is because she has to buy school supplies, clothes and shoes for her children around that time, she said.
Jaimes is taking English classes to improve her communication in America and give her the opportunity to open up her own cleaning business, she said.
Despite a number of Americans’ negative views concerning immigrants from Spanish-speaking countries, the majority of citizens in Northwest Arkansas have been helpful and supportive of Jaimes as she’s lived in the area, she said.
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Esmeralda Jaimes cleans an office at Channel 5 News in Fayetteville, Arkansas, on April 8. Credit: Andrew Epperson
For one Northwest Arkansas resident, her main goal is to live the American dream she sought out when she left Mexico almost two decades ago.
Esmeralda Jaimes, 40, moved to Fayetteville from Mexico in 2001 and worked a variety of jobs before she took a job cleaning the Channel 5 News offices. As a single mother, she cleans a number of offices around Northwest Arkansas and does other side jobs to earn money to support her family.
After Jaimes’ mother died, she needed to get away from Mexico and the memories that depressed her, she said. She and her then-husband moved to America in an effort to give their children a better life, and Fayetteville was a natural choice because several members of his family lived in the area.
Jaimes declined to share her exact salary, but she said there are times when she struggles to come up with all the money needed to support her family. The roughest month of the year for her finances is August. This is because she has to buy school supplies, clothes and shoes for her children around that time, she said.
Jaimes is taking English classes to improve her communication in America and give her the opportunity to open up her own cleaning business, she said.
Despite a number of Americans’ negative views concerning immigrants from Spanish-speaking countries, the majority of citizens in Northwest Arkansas have been helpful and supportive of Jaimes as she’s lived in the area, she said.