Mountainous city offers Chilean a second home

GUIYANG — Beverly Andrea Hermosilla Serrano maneuvers her electric scooter through the winding alleys of the bustling city with practiced ease, just like the locals. Few would guess that she is from halfway across the globe.

The 36-year-old educator from Santiago, Chile, teaches English at an international school in Guiyang, the capital of Southwest China's Guizhou province. She often astonishes others with her fluid ability to shift from English to Chinese, while managing to sprinkle in a little of the local dialect.

Over the past decade, Serrano has fallen in love with China and its culture, becoming an ambassador of its traditions and sharing them across the ocean.