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Claudia Madrid, born and raised in beautiful Oak Cliff Texas. Undergraduate school, Texas Woman's University - Denton, TX; grad school Southern Methodist University - Dallas, TX. Educator since 2003. Currently the Coordinator of Emergent Bilingual services at A+ Charter Schools, Inc. in Pleasant Grove. Blessings to all!

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My name is Esmeralda Cartagena and I am from Orocovis, Puerto Rico. I have been in the educational field for 15 years. I taught ESL in the Elementary/Middle School/HS Level, Bilingual K-3 in Private in Public Schools in Puerto Rico, Chicago and Texas. I am currently an ESL Instructional Specialist for the Department of World Languages in Arlington, ISD.

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Soy una jibarita de Lares.

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I was born and raised east of San Diego. I moved to Dallas in 2011 for new opportunities.

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I was born in Colorado, but was raised in Mabank, TX. I became a teacher and have returned home to support the children in my community.

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Born and raised in Los Angeles, CA. to Mexican parents from the states of Sinaloa and Morales.

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Both my parents were serving in the United States Army and we came to the states after they left the army.

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Joining from my hometown this morning—much cooler than TX today! 🙃

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I was born in St. Louis, but my parents moved to the Dallas, Texas area two weeks after I was born.

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April Hayes

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Laurie

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I was born in California. We have a diverse family from Anglo, Hispanic,  and Asian background  and adopted people from other nations in to our family. We love others as God loves us. I love languages love language learners, and have been serving in Sheltered instruction,  ESL departments, and served as a teacher and campus coordinator in Dallas for 15 years.

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Hi. I'm Meredith Clark. I'm multilingual, and I grew up in a small town in North Carolina. Thank you to my teachers for making multilingualism a reality for me: Señor Kallam, Dr. Luci Moreira, Duolingo and Jiny Cheon (천국진).

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I am a mother of 2 beautiful daughters and grandmother of 3 fabulous grandchildren. I am an advocate for all students to become successful in any manner they are passionate about. I do what I do because no one believed I could. I am the first person to fight for the underdog and support those without a voice. My "HEROS" are my daughters and grandchildren!

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Born and raised in WA State! I came to Texas for college and decided to stay!! English Language Learners are very near and dear to my heart.

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Orgullosamente Dominicana! Born in Santo Domingo, studied English since I was 6. Visited the USA (Disney) at 9, permanently moved to the Bronx at 16. I have a passion for languages, culture and food.

Moved to Richardson, TX to finish school. I have served as a bilingual teacher, lead bilingual literacy strategist, assistant principal and currently serve as a principal. Going to year 18 in education and looking forward to many more! Married with 3 kids and loving rasing my multilingual family!

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My name is Sofia Núñez. I am the Parent Engagement Facilitator Title III for GISD.  I work to empower our schools, parents and community to engage with each other to and launch our students to success! Research shows that when parents are engaged and involved students do better!

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I grew up in American Fork, Utah and this was my backyard. I've been in Texas for 19 years this July and love it here but I do miss my mountains. @CLewis4ed

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Half my heart y mi alma is Bolivian as my father is from La Paz. It is a place I love to visit and even chose to live there for a short time. I am always excited to find any connections to this beloved place, people, and culture especially since I grew up in Utah and every time I pronounced my Maiden name (Montaño) or mentioned Bolivia I got stares and questions. So many didn't even know it's a country in South America. Imagine my joy to find out that the Calm App has a story from La Yungas.
Cindy Lewis
I am an educator who loves to make connections with other people to learn and grow one story at a time. Please feel free to reach out on Titter @CLewis4ed

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Born and raised in Argentina, I have been an educator in the USA since 2001

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My husband and I taught at the American - Nicaraguan School for four years. We had 39 different nationalities represented from around the world. With the exception of a handful of students, all of my students were ESL. Teaching abroad allowed me to experience learning language through immersion and broaden my point of view in my approach to my students in Texas.

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I grew up in this small town of fewer than 13,000. I had classmates and friends from Mexico, Chile, and Vietnam. I even began my teaching career there. Since that time, the city has grown some but has become even more diverse. The district noe teaches students from Burma, Syria, Ethiopia, in addition to the Spanish speakers throughout Central and South America.

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Kentucky Derby winner at Churchill Downs Authentic 

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My name is Kathleen Malinovsky, I'm a multilingual teacher and facilitator in  grades 6-8 in FISD.
My home state is known for the color of the grass around Lexington, called “bluegrass” and horse 🏇 racing!

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Americano de sangre, chileno de corazón
https://hs.cantonisd.net/apps/pages/index.jsp?uREC_ID=153701&type=u&pREC_ID=181806

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I came to the 🇺🇸 in 2009 from India to study nuclear engineering. Quit it, got lost and now found my true passion for global citizenship, cross-cultural understanding and connecting classrooms using technology.

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I wad born in Killern, but consider Abilene to be my hometown because I grew up there. I am currently living and working in Maypearl where I have been for almost 16 years.

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I am a Bolivian Educator who came to the United States in the year 2000, running away from a very toxic relationship with an 18 month old, a bag full of diapers, medication and broken dreams. Never did I believe when I boarded that plane that I would be where I am today. Education opened doors for me that I had never dreamed about, and God used me greatly to achieve my calling! The last 21 years have been an amazing journey! Thankful to all who have poured into my life and have walked with me.

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My name is Camille M. Hernández and I am originally from a city called Bayamon in the beautiful island of Puerto Rico. 🇵🇷

I have been in the educational field for over 25+ years. I am the Art and Culture teacher of a program called the Cultural Artistic Leadership Academy at Timberline Elementary in GCISD were I have lovingly served for 16 years. I am incredibly passionate about bringing the Art and Culture experience to the realm of the Fine Arts 🎨 Studio. Meet me to exchange our passion for multidiversity and multiculturalism together at @artistacamille or at camille.hernandez@gcisd.net!

Gracias por su tiempo

PD - huge fan of Mexican artist powerhouse the mind blowing Frida Kahlo!

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I am from Madrid, Spain, but 8 years ago my husband and I together with our 5 kids decided to move to Texas to experience a new adventure. It was supposed to be a three-year experiece.. but eight years later we are still here, in Tyler!

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I am from Matamoros, Tamaulipas. Border with South Texas. I went to the University at Brownsville, Tx. Then, I moved to Corpus Christi, Tx. I stayed for a year and then decided to move to Tyler, Tx. I was a Bilingual Teacher and this is my first year as a Instructional Facilitator.

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I’m an engineer who became a passionate bilingual educator. We came 21 years ago for a couple of years and stayed due to the violence and instability in Venezuela. We left family and careers behind and reinvented ourselves. I found my passion teaching students to love their culture and find their voices as multicultural individuals.

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I was born in McAllen, TX but grew up in Reynosa, Tamaulipas, México. I finished high school and México and thus consider it my home.

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San Luis Potosí, San Luis Potosi, Mexico

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San Luis Potosí, San Luis Potosi, Mexico

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San Luis Potosí, San Luis Potosi, Mexico

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I love the gorditas and enchiladas potosinas!

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Sandra Hernandez
Region 10 Early Childhood Consultant
Borne and raised in Mexico City
Came to Usa to pursue my masters degree and now have my family here in Dallas Tx

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Ciudad Señorial - Casa de Leones

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3 of my Grandparents are from South Texas areas. One of my grandfathers was born in Mexico but came to the U.S. as a little boy.

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I came to the UTA as a graduate student and decided to stay and teach ESL. We had a wonderful American family from Dallas that sponsored me and my 13 year old daughter.

My first language was Hungarian. Then I learned Romanian when I went to school. We also learned English and French in school. I loved English and decided to major in English and Romanian.

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I was born and raised in Dallas, Tx. My family, my mother and older siblings walked for two days from Mexico. Our family is from Mexico City. Their story is beautiful and I am honored and proud to a part of their culture, their blood! I am here because they sacrificed their lives to have a better future; a life they knew they couldn’t have in their circumstances. I am here because they ALL raised me to be the woman I am today. I am a beautiful Hispanic woman, proud of where I am and where my family comes from.

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International city, grandparents moved here from San Luis Potosi, Detroit and Italy after WWII

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Born and raised mostly in Dallas, Texas.
I say that because having parents from Monterrey, Mexico means that I was also partly raised there as well.

I went to school in Mexico until the middle of 2nd grade. I began school in the US in the second half of the year. Knowing only Spanish was a difficult task. With no Bilingual Education at that time, I was immersed into the English language. I knew it would be sink or swim. I learned a lot from my friends and also helped my parents with translation since they knew little to no English.

Growing up in Dallas and going to DISD schools helped me become who I am now.
I’ve now been in Education for over 34 years in a variety of positions. Teaching, mentoring, Reading specialist, Assistant principal, Bilingual/ESL specialist, Early Learning Specialist and most recently a Biliteracy Cohort Leader for the Texas Reading Academies at Region 10.

Being a lifelong learner is what we need to instill in all students. To have a growth mindset is key!!