Twin Peaks' teacher among group being naturalized Tuesday at school ceremony

For Carla Puky, Tuesday was a day she won't forget.

After years of waiting for her green card, the Spanish teacher was naturalized as a United States citizen Tuesday night at Twin Peaks Charter School in Longmont where she teaches...

“I grew up in Venezuela of parents that were international,” said Puky, better known to her Spanish students as Senorita Puky.

A long-time educator this is her first year at Twin Peaks. Her father was born in Hungary which allowed her to come to the U.S. as a Hungarian immigrant. With all the necessary legalities complete, Puky became a United States Citizen in the common hall of her school ...

She lived in Hungary for 3 1/2 years until she was able to return to the U.S.

Once she was approved for a green card, she returned to Colorado, where she reunited with her parents ...

“In my life, there have been times where I haven’t been considered enough of one thing or enough of another,” Puky said. “Here in the U.S., they let you be. All I’ve ever wanted to be Carla Puky, and in America, I can be that.”  ...

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