About Monica

Hi, everyone. My name is Monica. I am from Lima Peru, South America. I have been in this country for over nine years, I just can't believe it how all these years went so fast. I am majoring in Linguistic with concentration on the ESL certification and a minor in Spanish. I have one more year and a half to go. At the moment I come to school from Monday to Thursday and work on the weekends.
I can't wait to have my weekends back so I can enjoy my free time because I love all kind of ethnic festivals, food and music; parks and picnics; lakes and nature; arts exhibitions, plays and musicals. While I do not work I watch movies, enjoy listening to music, reading some books, gossips and Archie, and finally my favorite of all, dancing.
Soon I will be called to substitute in any school around Garfield, even though it makes me nervous to think about making a fool of myself, I know for sure, it will be an excellent experience for me. You probably asked yourself how it all started about the idea of being a teacher myself. Well, One day in Elementary school, one of my teachers, Gladys Velez More, inspired me to become a teacher. She was a sweet, caring, fair teacher with all of her students. She made me feel very special, therefore; I would love to be like her and make a difference in my students' lives too.
I hope to hear from all of you.
Bye.