Elementary Bilingual/SEI Teacher at Framingham Public Schools
Sector
Education
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It has been a long and interesting journey.
I grew up as one of three children in a middle class family in Brazil. My father was an executive who worked for an American company with subsidiaries in Latin America/Europe and Far East. I was educated in Catholic schools and it was there where I encountered the teachers whose caring, enthusiasm, and love of children set my life on the path it has taken. A teacher’s life is measured by the students she inspires. I still remember Mrs. Gladys, a fourth grade teacher who had the ability to teach the subject in a playful way that overcame my fear of numbers.
Years later, I thought of her in my calculus class at Northeastern University, how proud s...
Elementary Bilingual/SEI Teacher at Framingham Public Schools
Sector
Education
Acerca de
It has been a long and interesting journey.
I grew up as one of three children in a middle class family in Brazil. My father was an executive who worked for an American company with subsidiaries in Latin America/Europe and Far East. I was educated in Catholic schools and it was there where I encountered the teachers whose caring, enthusiasm, and love of children set my life on the path it has taken. A teacher’s life is measured by the students she inspires. I still remember Mrs. Gladys, a fourth grade teacher who had the ability to teach the subject in a playful way that overcame my fear of numbers.
Years later, I thought of her in my calculus class at Northeastern University, how proud s...
