From the kitchen of her suburban home in Woodbridge, Ont., 15-year-old Martina Ortiz-Luis appears to live an ordinary teenaged life.
She giggles about her love affair with Harry Potter, identifies herself by how close she lives to Canada’s Wonderland, and talks excitedly of her love of music and theatre. She jokes about her friends, retelling stories of things they talked about at school.
But she can also list off her accomplishments. It’s a long list, filled with saids and dones that are far from ordinary for a Grade 10.
Outside, beyond the grey curtains of the sliding glass doors into her backyard, sprawls the busy highway that forced her to push her interview back by a half hour.