Mayan Princess Mari Jimenez

Seventeen-year-old Mari Jimenez talks to her family friend Genelle Grant in this week’s StoryCorps about the pride she has of being Mayan. Her parents are from Guatemala. They spoke indigenous languages and Spanish at home. So Jimenez first learned English when she went to preschool. She’s now trilingual and she uses her skills and her cultural ties to help others. Last year she was named a Mayan Princess.