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Upstate New York was a beautiful place to grow up and I never imagined myself living anywhere else. That was, until the
winter of my senior year of high school, when a "lovely" ice storm hit. The second my power returned and I read my acceptance
e-mail from the University of Tampa, I realized my life was about to get a little bit sunnier. It didn't take much to
persuade my family to follow me down and after a year in Tampa I transferred to FGCU to be closer to our new home. While
at FGCU I had a hard time honing in on what exactly I wanted to do with my life. That age old question of “what do you
want to be when you grow up?” was haunting me! I decided to take some time away from class to ‘save up some
money’ and try and find the answer.
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At the time it seemed like the worst possible idea to take a break from school, but it brought about some of the most
precious moments in my life. While working, I met my Fiancé, Michael and last June we welcomed our beautiful son into the
world. He has rejuvenated my life and there is nothing I wouldn’t do to provide him with a healthy, happy and
fulfilling future. It is in raising my own child that I have come to realize that my true passion
is working with children. Watching a child learn something new for the first time is truly amazing and to
be a teacher would give me endless opportunity for that. So now I am enrolled at Edison, pursuing my bachelor’s
degree in Elementary Education and I am so very excited to get it started!
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When I’m not busy with school work and mommy duty, I enjoy spending time at the beach or splashing in the pool
with my boys. My fiancé and I are getting married in January 2009, so I am also busy planning our wedding. It
is a very exciting time, but stressful too. Jennifer Lopez made it look so much easier in “The Wedding Planner”.
If I have any spare time, you can usually find me in my art studio (a fancy word for our back porch). I love oil painting
and working with other media to create fun pieces of artwork for my family and friends. Hopefully someday soon I can
incorporate my love of art into my very own classroom full of eager students!
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