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My name is Aramis, I am 21 years old, and this is my last semester at SWC. I have lived in Chula Vista my whole life, but Tijuana is basically my second home since all my family lives there. My little brother was born when I was 5 years old and I was so obsessed with him that I even felt that I was his mom at times, and since then I knew I wanted to work with kids. I have always been a huge cate lover, I have 3 at home and even got a cat tattoo, but a month ago my boyfriend adopted a doggy and now I'm in love with dogs. I am a huge gym junkie, and I love to travel ! This is one of the last classes I need for my AA and to be able to transfer :)

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My name is Evelin Frausto I am 22 years old, I was born in San Diego and I live in Chula Vista. I graduated from San Ysidro High in 2014! I don’t have kids yet but I want to have 4! This is my 3rd year in swc, I was in the nursing program but I decided to change my major last year when  I started volunteer work at my sister’s school with preschool children. I was in love with that work and inmediatly I thought in become a preschool teacher. I feel very excited to take this class and I am so interested in learn new things about children I am taking this class because I need it to get my A.A in CD. I really hope to learn a lot from this class specially understand how to work with children.

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What up!!!
My name is Luis Garcia I am 23 years old, I am taking this class because it is part of my major. My major is pre-school teacher, I like working with kids it’s just fun being around them. So far this is my second year here and honestly I just want to be donewith this, I am a full time student and I work part time at Montgomery Middle.

Fun facts about me: I enjoy running(I once was in a race and won 1st place), I find relaxing reading for a long periods of time, I love traveling and tasting different types of food.

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Himy name is Isabel Hurtado. I am 19 years old and this is my third semester in Southwestern College. I have enrolled in this class because my major is Child Development. I have four siblings and two dogs.I do not have any children but I have a nephew and will soon have another one. I have always wanted to have a career that would allow me to work with children which is why I chose Child Development as my major.

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Hi everyone, my name is Diana Hurtado, I am 23 years old and I am five months pregnant of a baby boy (first pregnancy). I am very excited to start this new journey of becoming a mother. My baby boy is my number one priority, as well as completing my major. This would be my 4th year at Southwestern College and my major is Child Development. I hope one day I can open my own family day care. I have worked with children for about 8 years now and I love it.
Fun Facts: I love the color red, my favorite fruit is prickly pear and guava, and I have a commercial and residential cleaning business called Las Cinco Estrellas.

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Hi everyone, my name is Claudia Paloma Saldana, I'm 35 years old, married, mom of 2 boys and 2 yorkies. I'm from Tijuana B.C., Mexico, the best taco place, I have a Bachelor Degree in Communication Sciences, but I've always had love for children's education. Start volunteering at a charter school. And now I have two years working as an instructional assistant. I am also a teacher of the youth group in my church. My favorite hobbies are learning something new every day, spending time with my family and pets, going to the movies, my safe place is my home, and I love the farm-style interior decoration, my favorite flower is the white hydrogenae. My favorite season is winter.
This is my only brother Sheko and I.

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Hello, my name is Veronica Salas and this is my third year at Southwestern College. I am currently working on getting my A.A in Child Development in order to become a teacher. I decided this is what I wanted to do when I was in high school. I volunteered after school at a charter school and got to work with children for a few hours everyday for about a year and a half. I loved it so much that I decided I wanted to work with children as a career. I am currently self employed and work from home at the moment selling vintage clothing online. When I'm not going to school I like to hang out with my family and friends and go to fun places like disneyland or concerts.

This is a photo of me from when i was four years old.

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Hello everyone, my name is Lidia Caro, I am married and I have three children. My oldest son is 27 years old, my second son is 24 years old and my daughter is 20 years old. I am very excited because this will be my last semester to get my Child Development A.A. Degree and also because, this class would gives me the opportunity to go to a kinder garden/day care do my observations and documentation in different areas. I know that this course will be a valuable experience for my professional development. I am currently full time student  and I will start doing my practices. It would be a lot of work but I have the support of my family, friends and I know that I will achieve it. In my free time I like to go for a walk or take care of my garden, I like nature and I enjoy plants, flowers and watching the sea.

Here is a picture of me when I was about eleven months old

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Hello,
My name is Angela Contreras. I am 27 years old, Married for almost 7 years and have 3 children. My oldest is turning 5 next month, her name is Kalanie. My middle is 3, her name is Leia, and my youngest is 14 months, his name is Jonah. I have been working on my associates degree for some time. I my working towards my A.A in Child Development in order to be a Preschool Teacher. I am also currently training to be a Birth and Postpartum Doula. Birth is one of my greatest passions, along with child development of course. I haven't started working yet because I have chosen to stay at home with my kids until they are all in school. This is something I hold very important to me. My husband is a veteran, so we have lived in two other states. I loved being able to travel and live in different places, but nothing beats San Diego. I had my first daughter in Upstate New York. My middle daughter was born on the island of Oahu,Hawaii. I miss both states dearly. I hope to go back and visit one day. Show my girls where they were born. I love reading, knitting, traveling, and learning and experiencing new adventures. I love trying new things! Some of my favorite things, all things HARRY POTTER, Disneyland, cooking, cake decorating, nature, museums, comic books, holistic health, music. Those are just a few. My own philosophy is , never loose your sense of wonder. There is too much adulthood, we need more wonder.

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Hi my name is Magdalena Moreles. I'm married for 29 years. I have three children their names are Luis, Rodrigo and Jennifer. I get a certificate in Spanish to English Associate Teacher. In this time, I am working like Substitute Noon Duty in CVESD also I give services in my church taking care of children from 2 to 4 years old and helping in different kind of events. I continuous taking classes of Child Development and English classes because my goal is that someday I could speak English language and I am going to feel confidence to work with preschoolers. I like to walk in the mornings and when I have time I go to walk on trails in the mountains. Because my children have already left home I enjoy when they come to visit us and have a good time watching movies, talking or playing board games. 

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Hi my name is Magdalena Moreles. I'm married for 29 years. I have three children their names are Luis, Rodrigo and Jennifer. I get a certificate in Spanish to English Associate Teacher. In this time, I am working like Substitute Noon Duty in CVESD also I give services in my church taking care of children from 2 to 4 years old and helping in different kind of events. I continuous taking classes of Child Development and English classes because my goal is that someday I could speak English language and I am going to feel confidence to work with preschoolers. I like to walk in the mornings and when I have time I go to walk on trails in the mountains. Because my children have already left home I enjoy when they come to visit us and have a good time watching movies, talking or playing board games. 

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In this photo, I am with my kindergarten teacher.

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Self introduction
Magdalena Barrios

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Hello, my name is Sophia Sepulveda. I am 21 years old and am currently a full time nanny of 3 children. I love my job and hope to continue in a child focused career. I am also a Sunday School class and events coordinator for my families church. I am the oldest of 3 kids. My sisters and I played softball for the majority of our childhood. Softball was something that kept our family bonded. I played for Southwestern's softball team back in 2016. I love cats, I have a black and white Siamese with bright blue eyes. I was home schooled for half of my educational years and I plan to do the same for my kids as well. I love shopping, its a bad addiction, but I decided to use that as a tool to grow a side business. I am partnered with Amazon and grow my business in my free time. That's all I can think of.

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Hello, my name is Sophia Sepulveda. I am 21 years old and am currently a full time nanny of 3 children. I love my job and hope to continue in a child focused career. I am also a Sunday School class and events coordinator for my families church. I am the oldest of 3 kids. My sisters and I played softball for the majority of our childhood. Softball was something that kept our family bonded. I played for Southwestern's softball team back in 2016. I love cats, I have a black and white Siamese with bright blue eyes. I was home schooled for half of my educational years and I plan to do the same for my kids as well. I love shopping, its a bad addiction, but I decided to use that as a tool to grow a side business. I am partnered with Amazon and grow my business in my free time. That's all I can think of.

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Hi Everyone,My name is Arlene Saucedo and I am a wife and a mom of three children. My oldest daughter is 13, my middle one is 10 and my youngest is 8.   I planned my children this way because when I was growing up, I didn't have any siblings.  I actually didn't have any cousins either because my mom was the oldest one among her siblings.  So needless to say, I grew up with just adults.                                                                                                                      I have an accounting degree that I earned right out of high school. However, I never worked in accounting. When I got married, I got pregnant right away and when my daughter was born, I opened up my home daycare.  I have been doing daycare for over 12 years.  I am taking this class because I hope to one day, not too far from today, open up my own center.  I need to get my director's permit, and that is why I am here.                                                      Let's see fun facts about me, I love shoes and bags, but who doesn't right?  I collect them! I also collect Unicorns! I love Unicorns!  I love online shopping, but hate going to malls.  My husband is a shopaholic and he loves malls! So I just send him away, unless we are buying for the kids. Then I gotta go too.  I don't have time to watch tv, so my only free time, I use it on social media.  I try to watch Netflix shows, but I just can't commit. I watch 3 episodes of a series, but I just can't finish them; there's no time. Right now, I want to finish watching the Luis Miguel series, but I am stuck in chapter 8 lol.             Looking forward to a fun and educational fall semester!                                                   Arlene 

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Hi Everyone,My name is Arlene Saucedo and I am a wife and a mom of three children. My oldest daughter is 13, my middle one is 10 and my youngest is 8.   I planned my children this way because when I was growing up, I didn't have any siblings.  I actually didn't have any cousins either because my mom was the oldest one among her siblings.  So needless to say, I grew up with just adults.                                                                                                                      I have an accounting degree that I earned right out of high school. However, I never worked in accounting. When I got married, I got pregnant right away and when my daughter was born, I opened up my home daycare.  I have been doing daycare for over 12 years.  I am taking this class because I hope to one day, not too far from today, open up my own center.  I need to get my director's permit, and that is why I am here.                                                      Let's see fun facts about me, I love shoes and bags, but who doesn't right?  I collect them! I also collect Unicorns! I love Unicorns!  I love online shopping, but hate going to malls.  My husband is a shopaholic and he loves malls! So I just send him away, unless we are buying for the kids. Then I gotta go too.  I don't have time to watch tv, so my only free time, I use it on social media.  I try to watch Netflix shows, but I just can't commit. I watch 3 episodes of a series, but I just can't finish them; there's no time. Right now, I want to finish watching the Luis Miguel series, but I am stuck in chapter 8 lol.             Looking forward to a fun and educational fall semester!                                                   Arlene 

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Hello my name is Maria Cavazos, I am 38 years old and I am originally from the Cd de Mexico, I have a Bachelor Degree in Business Administration, I acquired a lot experience in the accountin area but my concern for working with children was very big. I started helping children in a place called CRIT as a volunteer and then I came to San Diego when my kid was growing up I had the opportunity to work as a volunteer and then I was hired as an Instructional Assistant but on the way I am realizing that I need a lot of information about of Child Development.
Fun facts: I like traveling a lot, dancing and hiking, I like tacos and when I was a child I was very active.

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Hi  my name is Stefany Garcia and I am 21 years old, I'm in this class because  my major is child development for now because i'm not sure if i want  to change it. I am a full time student and I work part time at a day care. I have four dogs and I have 2 fish tanks.

Fun Facts  I like to dance and sing although im not a good singer, I love hot Cheetos

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My name's Iris Hall and I am twenty one years old. I'm a Virgo and like to walk a lot. My major used to be nursing but about 10 months ago I changed it to Child Development.. I like it better that way. I am a team leader at chik-fil-a and enjoy working there at the moment. I like to read novels and also write stuff. I live in Playas de Tijuana and have to cross the border almost everyday.. I don't have a car so I take two taxis, one bus and the trolley (I don't want to Uber, tho).
Fun facts about me: I'm learning Portuguese, I'm married by church to a very good man, I am the oldest of all my siblings (5 + myself).

i am the Pumpkin on your left.

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Good evening everyone, my name is Tina Franco, and I am a studio arts major. I obtained my AA in fine arts last December (2017). And my goal at the moment is to teach at a college level. However, since I am a single mother of two beautiful children, I want to first finish the child development classes to be able to teach art in a primary school for the mean time. Nonetheless, gain experience in teaching and also to help me pay for my BA in fine arts. Cool facts about me is that I love coffee, I love making sculptures out of wire, I danced ballet for 21 years, and of course I am a mommy. Am excited to meeting you all and starting this journey in my career. 

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Good evening everyone, my name is Tina Franco, and I am a studio arts major. I obtained my AA in fine arts last December (2017). And my goal at the moment is to teach at a college level. However, since I am a single mother of two beautiful children, I want to first finish the child development classes to be able to teach art in a primary school for the mean time. Nonetheless, gain experience in teaching and also to help me pay for my BA in fine arts. Cool facts about me is that I love coffee, I love making sculptures out of wire, I danced ballet for 21 years, and of course I am a mommy. Am excited to meeting you all and starting this journey in my career. 

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I'm your CD instructor Victoria Enriquez, I have been teaching at SWC for three years and I am proud to say that I was a SWC student and graduated with an AA in Child Development. I transferred to National University where I finished my BA in Early Childhood Education and my MA in Education.  I have been working for the college for 10 years, starting as a student worker, tutor, project advisor, and instructor! I have worked in the field with children from ages 2 to teenagers. I teach CD 170, CD 170L, CD 181, and CD 184.  I am the Advisor for the Child Development club at the Main Campus and hopefully you could join the club this semester!.

Fun facts about me: I love to travel, I love bananas, I am a fan of Game of Thrones, Harry Potter, Stranger Things, and I love to binge watch Netflix.

I look forward to knowing all of you!