Warm-hearted Ramirez Cruz perfectly adapts to life in Korea

Born to Colombian parents, Jairo Andres Ramirez Cruz first came to Korea from Colombia in 2016 at the age of nine. Six years have passed since he began his school life as a second grader at elementary school. He is now a second grader at Hongik Middle School in Seoul.

Jairo Andres Ramirez Cruz

Despite having spent his early childhood in Colombia, he has adapted perfectly to school life here. In the first few months, he put a lot of effort into learning the Korean language. After he adjusted smoothly to Korea, he displayed leadership as the class president in the fourth grade of elementary school.

However, Ramirez Cruz's life has not always been bright. After the divorce of his parents, his father moved to Colombia, leaving him and his younger brother to be raised by their mother. Things became more difficult after his mother was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2017.

Despite the hardships, however, Ramirez Cruz never lost hope. He took good care of his brother and helped his mother. In particular, the bilingual student always supports his mother who is less fluent in Korean, when she has difficulties doing paperwork in Korean or during consultations with doctors.