I want to share a memory that I have about Jason Berry. It is a memory about how I met him, and how he became so important in my life.
In my first week in the United States of America I was lucky enough to meet Jason Berry.
Imagine how a small town guy from Spain should feel 3000 miles away from everything he knew, in a completely new place with no one he knows around. I wasn’t in Jason´s class; but I my roommates were at Jason´s class. I met Jason throw them and since the first day a strong friendship born.
Jason show in me a person with a will to learn and improve his English skills, so he took me under his wings and decided to help me out spending extra time teaching me the beauty of the language, and the literature.
Once I became officially Jason´s student, Jason pushed me beyond the limit by offering me taking extra courses with him. Although it was tough I went to his classes and did his homework, and assignments with joy. He managed to make an engineering mind that spent 4 years studying software, calculus, arithmetic, advantage math, and the language of the computers (1s and 0s) to deeply love the art of words and to enjoy the beauty of a good book.
He started as my teacher, to later become my friend, and finally my brother.
Spending time with Jason was a blessing, and his friendship was a fortune. He taught me so many things. He was a lighthouse in my life.