2009-10 Residency 2009-2010 Residency Teaching at Farrell B. Howell Elementary, 5th Grade
I am a Denver native. I am a Women’s Vision Foundation Scholarship Recipient for the Women’s College at the University of Denver, where I earned my Bachelor’s degree in Law and Society with a minor in communications in 2008. Prior to that, I spent 16 years in the work force with non-profits, banks, and as a domestic engineer.
I have defied statistics. Latino males have an incredibly high drop-out rate in Colorado and across the nation, but my oldest son just graduated from high school and is already attending college. I was pregnant with him when I graduated from high school. Because of this experience, I am committed to education and change. I am a proud single parent and believe that you can do anything you put your mind to. Nothing can stop you – not being a teen parent and not being a single parent. If you want something you have to work hard for it, and believe in yourself. I am not solely defined by my errors, but my choices to create change. I will either be part of the problem, or part of the solution, I have chosen the latter.
I completed my residency year at Harrington Elementary in 2009-10. During this year, I learned that the connection between parents and educators is essential to the success of each student. Now a full-time teacher with own classroom, my respect for educators has grown leaps and bounds. I like that every day I’m inspired by my students, who teach me far more than I will ever teach them.
Elina Martinez – Farrell B. Howell, 5th Grade
2009-10 Residency
2009-2010 Residency
Teaching at Farrell B. Howell Elementary, 5th Grade
I am a Denver native. I am a Women’s Vision Foundation Scholarship Recipient for the Women’s College at the University of Denver, where I earned my Bachelor’s degree in Law and Society with a minor in communications in 2008. Prior to that, I spent 16 years in the work force with non-profits, banks, and as a domestic engineer.
I have defied statistics. Latino males have an incredibly high drop-out rate in Colorado and across the nation, but my oldest son just graduated from high school and is already attending college. I was pregnant with him when I graduated from high school. Because of this experience, I am committed to education and change. I am a proud single parent and believe that you can do anything you put your mind to. Nothing can stop you – not being a teen parent and not being a single parent. If you want something you have to work hard for it, and believe in yourself. I am not solely defined by my errors, but my choices to create change. I will either be part of the problem, or part of the solution, I have chosen the latter.
I completed my residency year at Harrington Elementary in 2009-10. During this year, I learned that the connection between parents and educators is essential to the success of each student. Now a full-time teacher with own classroom, my respect for educators has grown leaps and bounds. I like that every day I’m inspired by my students, who teach me far more than I will ever teach them.