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I was always surrounded with my cousins when I was younger. We often played "school" at home where I was always the teacher since I was about 1-2 years older. I enjoyed teaching them something like the different shapes and how many sides they had. I liked how they were able to learn that and it made me feel proud of myself.

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At a young age my parents put me in this after school program called Centro Romero. I attended this program until I graduated 8th grade. In this program they taught me a lot and always pushed me to focus on my studies and making sure I got good grades. I had this one volunteer who always helped me and one day he got me a book to read. I dislike reading, so I often didn't pick up books to read. However, he changed my views on reading.

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My favorite subject is Math. I enjoyed doing math growing up because I was really good at it compare to other subjects. Doing math and learning it came easy to me. When joining the Urban Education program I knew I wanted to concentrate in Math.

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In high school I had this awesome teacher who was also my basketball coach. We had a great connection and bond with one another. He always believed in me and motivated me to do the best I can. I always looked forward for his class. The way he did things in class,I like because he gave us the option on what and how we want to do things. I want to be like him, where students look forward coming to class and having a connection where they are comfortable to talk to me.

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My freshman year at UIC I heard about this program called UIC Engage. UIC Engage was an organization that helped tutor students from 1st-8th grade all around different neighborhoods. I joined UIC Engage as a volunteer for about two years. I got to go to 5-6 different schools and got to meet amazing students and learn more about their school community.