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My lovely class in the orphanage in Ghana.

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Students with special needs have always held a place in my heart. Ideally, I would love to work as a school counselor for a few years, and then focus on counseling students with special needs. I would love to guide these students as they enter high school and plan for post-secondary careers. Unfortunately, so many students do not get the right guidance and end up being failed by the system.

Last summer, I had the incredible opportunity to travel and teach abroad in Ghana. While there I met dozens of high school students with little to no idea of what they wanted to do with the rest of their lives. I would love to go back to Ghana and work with these individuals on planning for their futures. Whether it be careers in their country, or going to school in another country.

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Besides teaching, I love being active and outdoors! I play rec soccer and coach basketball at my school. I typically spend my summers at the beach in Cape May, or working ESY. This past summer I traveled to Europe with my sisters for the first time. I also helped chaperone our annual 8th grade trip to Puerto Rico in June. That was interesting!

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I am a certified Special Education teacher and I am currently in my second year of teaching Learning Support at a charter school (ranked #10!) in Philadelphia. I teach 5th and 6th grade Learning Support in two different co-taught classrooms. The students I work with can be very challenging and come from very high poverty areas.  Sometimes it is hard to motivate them to learn when they struggle  academically and socially. I love teaching Special Education and I especially enjoy working in small group settings.

I am enrolled in GMU in the Master's program for School Counseling. I hope to finish my degree by 2019 and become a middle school guidance counselor.