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After I graduated from Brooklyn College, I intended to pursue my master’s degree. My excitement to continue my education was high, but it was not possible because of a family concern. At the time, my niece was diagnosed with leukemia and so I was unable to continue my education after my final semester of undergraduate study. My niece was the little sister that I never had. We battled for two years against this disease, my niece, my family, and I. My niece won her cancer battle but, then she had a transplant which complicated everything. She passed away last year and with my memories of her I hold her high as the beautiful strong warrior princess and brave little girl that I knew. This terrible experience that I lived through with my …show more content…

During my childhood I was a bilingual student. I experienced what is to have two different languages and how difficult it is to communicate with your peers. From my experience I can say that as a bilingual student for 4 years during my childhood change my life for good because it gave me the opportunity to learn more. My teacher Mr. Santiago was my 4th grade teacher and he discovered in me my potential as a student. I was taught to read in English and Spanish. I feel very lucky to know how to read both languages because of my ethnicity. Reading and speaking two different or more languages can help a person to communicate, to read signs, letters and other things that are important in life. My future professional goals are to finish my master’s degree in bilingual education and to obtain employment in a community where I can help many bilingual students to succeed in school like myself.
I would like to see my students speaking English and not having difficulty with their communication. I would not imagine studying any other major because all I love with passion is to teach children because teaching is what makes me happy and what I enjoy. I believe that as a teacher, learning never ends because we learn new things every day. Teaching students with a language barrier has become part of my life and this opportunity will give me the access to teach bilingual students in elementary

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