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I went to the University of Illinois at Chicago for my undergraduate degree in Elementary Education.  I have endorsements in Spanish and Mathematics.  I have been teaching in the Pilsen community at Ruiz Elementary school for 15 years.   I have taught 5th grade for most my time at Ruiz.  I proudly began my MA in Reading with my Reading Specialist license at Roosevelt University in the Spring of 2018.

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One of the parts I love about teaching is collaborating with artists and bringing the arts to my students. I have worked with Project AIM, an Arts Integrated Mentorship through Columbia College for 8 years and also have collaborated with my husband and the Chicago Children's Museum.

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This past school year with Project AIM, my class created zines, wrote and performed a ghazal poem and learned the benefits of yoga.

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My husband teaching my students embroidery for a sculpture that will be displayed in the Chicago Children's Museum.  

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My husband teaching my students embroidery for a sculpture that will be displayed in the Chicago Children's Museum.  

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Close up of two of my students embroidery for the Chicago Children's Museum.

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Close up of two of my students embroidery for the Chicago Children's Museum.

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I have had only one principal the entire time I have taught at Ruiz, Mr. Butler, and he retired this summer.  I am happy to say that our new principal has also taught at our school and was my assistant principal for many years. I am sad to see Mr. Butler go, but excited about Mrs. Elitzer beginning her years as principal at Ruiz.

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I live in Chicago with my husband (Juan), two children (Fe and Dimas) and dog (Enzo).  My husband is an artist, and also teaches at the School of the Art Institute.  My daughter, Fe, is starting 6th grade this year and she began team rowing over this past summer.  My son, Dimas, will begin 2nd grade and he loves to skateboard and play with his legos.

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 My students' embroidery art work hangs off my husband's sculpture and will be permanently displayed at the Chicago Children's Museum at Navy Pier. 

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 My students' embroidery art work hangs off my husband's sculpture and will be permanently displayed at the Chicago Children's Museum at Navy Pier. 

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This summer we have been remodeling our kitchen. My husband and I did the demo work and took over 8,000 pounds of old kitchen to the dump and we are now in the construction phase. I will be thrilled when it is complete! It took 5 days to remove all walls, ceiling, cabinets, and countertops from our kitchen this summer... thankfully we are beginning to see the light at the end of this tunnel.

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This is my husband's family and my family on Mother's Day  (My Village).

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This is my husband's family and my family on Mother's Day  (My Village).

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Fe getting ready to go rowing on the Chicago River.

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Fe getting ready to go rowing on the Chicago River.

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My children and I like to volunteer through The Honeycomb Projects.  We recently volunteered at Sarah's Circle, a women's homeless shelter.  My children and I, and 9 other people, prepared lunch for 50 homeless women.

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Our dog is a pitbull, bull mastiff, american bulldog mix, and is about 14 years old.

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My family and I love to travel, especially road trips!  Last summer we drove 4,500 miles! We drove to Mexico, then up to Colorado and back home to Chicago!  This picture is in Mexico, on our land in the mountains of Chihuahua.