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It was 2006 when I discovered my love for teaching. That fall I began working with a group of my college peers to design an after school program for underprivileged high school students. The program was intended to teach the students life skills and the importance of college. shortly thereafter we started going into the school on a weekly basis and teaching lessons I had designed with my team. This was far-and-away my favorite part of college...despite the fact that I was working toward a degree in retailing. Having students look up to me and know that they could use me as a resource to create better lives for themselves was an absolutely amazing feeling, and I'm proud to say that all 12 of the students I worked with in 2006 were accepted into 4-year universities and each received scholarship money to fund (at least a portion of) their expenses.

After college, I worked in retailing for nearly two years before deciding that it was really not the path I wanted to go down. I was lucky enough to have a good friend who told me about the iTeach program. I am now over-the-moon exited to prepare for my career as an educator!