Born from Puerto Rican parents who Immigrated to the United States with my older sister. I was born in Spanish Harlem, New York City and raised in Brooklyn,New York. I learned English as a first grader. I noticed there were no Hispanics/Latinos teachers when I attended elementary and middle school. There was one Latina teacher for a year in my high school and then she was transfer to another school It was then I decided to be a teacher.