Cristina Dalton ’12, Spanish, spent the summer at Greenbriar State park, where she translated common park announcements to Spanish and helped the multicultural patrons understand park rules.
“I love that moment when I explain something to both people in a situation and see their faces light up when they get it,” she says.
Her job was part of a growing effort within Maryland’s state parks, which are learning to adapt to a rapidly growing and enthusiastic clientele: Hispanic families. The Baltimore Sun reported on this trend in an August 20 story entitled “Demographic Shift Causes State Parks to Adapt.”