I love to see the lightbulbs go on for each child and see how far they can progress every year!
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Learn MoreI have always wanted to be a teacher since I was very little. I loved school myself as a young child and I loved learning. I like being able to guide the next generation.
Tell us about your most memorable teaching experienceAs a preschool teacher in my early years I helped to diagnose a hearing disability for a student. I was able to assist her family to make her education fit her needs.
What would you do with the $25,000?I was recently diagnosed for a second time with breast cancer, so I anticipate needing it to pay upcoming medical bills, but I would really like to take a trip to Italy and Greece.
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