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Magic, my cat is pictured here.
I love chickens.
Breakfast is my favorite kind of food.
I play bass.
I have snakes.
I love video games.

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I ultimately think that one of my best qualities is that I am a caring person. I want to transfer that to my career as an educator.

I would like everyone affected by my actions as a teacher know that I am kind, approachable, dependable and willing to get to know my students and their families.

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Lifelong Native New Mexican and American Citizen:

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Lifelong Native New Mexican and American Citizen:

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Being a lifelong New Mexican, I would like to see my state and its young people continue to improve and succeed.

I am culturally Hispanic and I would like to see my students appreciate the state and country they live in. I would like to teach them about the strong Native American and Spanish background of our states history.

When I have more time after establishing myself as a teacher, I would like to be better equipped to in my role as a teacher by learning Spanish.

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Some urban, some rural students.... but small town families.
Multiracial, multicultural students
Various family dynamics: traditional families to single parents.
This year (2023) I have English speaking students.
4th grade: an age to develop good lifelong habits & attitudes

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My Background and Experience Contribute to the Kind of Teacher I Aim to Be:

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My Background and Experience Contribute to the Kind of Teacher I Aim to Be:

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My age and experiences as a student will hopefully aid me in being more relatable as a teacher. I would like my students enjoy school and learning. My level of education is something I would like to share with my students to let them know education is valuable and something to take pride in.

I would like those I serve to know that I am also always looking to learn more! I will always be a student myself. I hope to continually innovate with my teaching career.

New technology will develop throughout my teaching career and I would like to be an early adopter of new ways to teach.

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I would hope that the students and families and school communities  I serve would think of me as:

Always learning

Always Innovating

Committed

a Good Listener

Hardworking

Perceptive

Positive and Calm

Reliable

Relatable

Respectful

Willing to get to know my students.

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So, How Do My Identity Markers Shape Me as an educator?!

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So, How Do My Identity Markers Shape Me as an educator?!

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Age: forever young! still relatable.
Education: College graduate.
Experience: Previous career as a business owner.
Ethnicity: Hispanic, in touch with NM.
Language: English, but I want to learn Spanish.
Race: White.
Geographics: Born, raised, invested in NM.
Gender: Male.
Nationality: American, proud of our country.
Religion: Culturally catholic. Understanding of others.
Socioeconomic Status: Middle Class.
Physical Appearance: Big and Husky
Ablebodiedness: fully mobile