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Casa Bonita Workers Learn New Languages While Waiting To Reopen
Fourteen English speakers learned Spanish and 15 Spanish-speaking employees learned English.

While an opening date is still unknown, some of the staff at Casa Bonita are working to improve communication across the team. Last month 29 employees were honored at a ceremony after they completed courses to start learning a new language.
"Every Tuesday and Thursday, we've been coming here to the action center taking Spanish classes and English classes, which has been an amazing opportunity," said Beau Gentry, a diver at Casa Bonita. "Three years in high school and I didn't remember much. But I also wanted to converse and become a closer-knit family with Casa Bonita, and I knew this would help me converse with all the other employees as well."
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