Bilingual volunteer Carolina Robles, 16, high fives Latino student Jenifer Ledezma, 8, after she successfully completed a multiplication problem. Robles has been helping coach and tutor students in a Clover Park School District summer school program in Elizabeth Colleran's class at Oakwood Elementary School in Lakewood.

Spanish was Carolina Robles' first language.

Born in Mexico, the 16-year-old came to the United States with her parents when she was just 1 year old.

She learned English before starting school by watching instructional videos with her mom.

"English came fast to me," said the Lakewood 11th-grader, who's a top student and leader at Harrison Preparatory School in the Clover Park School District. "It was never a challenge for me."

This summer, Robles paid it forward by helping younger bilingual students enrolled in summer school at Oakwood Elementary. The month-long program ended last week.

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