Hi, my name is Deanna Munoz.

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I am from right outside of Chicago.

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I also lived in the Rio Grande Valley on the border of Texas

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and Mexico for about 20 years.

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And for the past five years, I have been living

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and teaching in Keto Ecuador.

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I am a teacher with 23 years of experience. It is my life.

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It is my passion, it is my identity.

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I have seen the difference that education can make in terms

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of transforming lives, both within my own life

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and within the life of my students.

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And so I really want nothing more than to continue

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to help people and accompany them along

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their educational journey.

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My degrees are in social studies, history, and sociology.

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I also did master's level work in sociology

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and history at the University of Texas, Pan-American,

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which is now the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley.

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I have been certified in more than five states

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in the United States to teach.

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I also have a temple certification as well

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as an I-E-L-T-S certification,

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and so I can offer classes in English language learning.

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I can offer classes in academic writing

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and in any of the classes

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that would fall under the social studies disciplines.

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I also am an SAT tutor.

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I tutor for the SAT portion of the exam.

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That is the writing and language exam.

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Over the years, I've had the privilege

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of teaching students from a wide variety of backgrounds.

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I have taught the grandchildren of presidents,

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but I've also taught the children of migrant farm workers.

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I've had students from Syria, students from Ecuador,

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students from Egypt, students from all over the world.

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I've had students with all different kinds

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of learning needs, be it students with a DD

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or A DHD, students with dyslexia, students

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with traumatic brain disorder.

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The one thing that was most important about all

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of these students, and

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that I think is most important about any learner is

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your desire to learn.

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If you have the desire to learn, then I am here

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to help provide you with the tools to accomplish your goals.

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So that's a little bit about me

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and I hope that I have the pleasure of meeting you

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and getting to learn a little bit about you.

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Thank you for watching. I.

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