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It takes bravery to be a teacher

By on September 5, 2020

Before I begin this post, I adhere to the rules of FERPA: Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act. I will never reveal my students’ identities, their performance in my classes, or reveal anything about them that will make them identifiable in my posts. Gracias y con permiso 🙏🏻

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The Lockdown

By on December 4, 2019

One time my sister and I were playing in a borrowed minivan when we were young. We were making a family trip to Tennessee where we would stay in a cabin for free: borrowed leaves, borrowed van, borrowed cabin. The van and cabin came from the generosity of our…


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Meeting the Blind in Las Vegas

By on July 10, 2019

What do you think of when you think of Vegas? Casinos. And what do you picture when you think of casinos? Lights. Bright lights. Bright lights and nearly naked people (women, let’s be honest). This is a city that especially relies on the sense of sight. Then again point…

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Ketchikan, Alaska

All you have to do to sell all of your things and move across the world is to do it.