I arrived at P.S/I.S 266 in 2011 after graduating with my Masters Degree in Adolescence Education with Middle School extension from Dowling College. In 2008, I received my Bachelors Degree in Spanish from State University of New York at New Paltz. Speaking Spanish and looking for various ways in which to bring my passion for Spanish, Spain and the Central and South American countries to students comes naturally to me. Teaching Spanish gives me the opportunity to prepare students to communicate, to understand cultural nuances, to be flexible and adaptable, to think critically and to collaborate in order to compete in the 21st century.