Vanessa

I have an autistic son and I love being apart of the learning process and being involved! I love them all as my own 🫶

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Help me become America's Favorite Teacher, win $25,000, a trip to Hawaii, and appear in Reader's Digest!

Voting for the TOP 20 ends Thursday the 26th of March at 7PM PDT
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Tell us why you became a teacher

My son is special needs and I had to relearn how to teach another person from a different perspective. With that brought out my interest of helping other littles excel 🫶

Tell us about your most memorable teaching experience

Seeing all my students happily greeting me as I enter the building !

What would you do with the $25,000?

I would use it for recorces at the school/daycare center for play equipment and other needs 🫶

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