Life was going well until my dad pass away when I was only five years old, he was killed by narcotics. Where we were living narcotic were going around trying to steal the working class agricultures their money and so my dad stand up for his land and property; he ended up being killed. Through my dad loss, it was the most difficult part in my childhood, my family was crushed with his lost, but for me, my father the most influential person left me lonely, depressed, and out of place. He was my hero, growing up he showed me how a man had to treat me and never settle for less.
My mom after the loss if my father, saw it hard to find a job to provide for us, being a single mother. In those days for women finding a job was extremely hard, the only work was agriculture and little wage for those that were women. My mom could not continue with the lifestyle we were living, my mom could no longer pay for our school, food was lacking, and there was not enough money to pay the bills. These are the reason why my mother immigrated to California with us. Being exposed to a whole different culture, language, and way of living was the most difficult I could do at a very young age
I decided to challenge myself although I had many setbacks growing up in California, being latina, in the school system was the hardest factor in my life to navigate, I was discriminated, I was looked down because of my accent and the way I looked. I went to an almost all white school. The students were cruel, I got bullied in that school, but never spoked up because of fear. Although I had to pass through many struggles, I graduated elementary with one of the top scores in my class. In High School, I wanted to make a difference in my Latino community that I built my own club and I was the President of it.
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This club had 36 students supporting me and we did so much change in our school community with fundraisers, empowering activities, and teaching our community the importance of different cultures. This opportunity gave me the chance to encourage others to be proud of where they came from and to be able to use their voice to stop injustice within the community. Teach them that bullying was not an escape from their life experience, but to find a support system that they feel accepted to share their story. My club was considered a safe place to express yourself and I made sure that everyone was included no matter their background.
After, all of this I decided to further my education and decided to go to Skyline College to get my Associates degree in Early Childhood Development because I want to make a difference on children’s lives and educating them at a young age. Being able to be a part as well of the children’s growth and achievements. September 2016, in Skyline College Child Development Laboratory Center, I got a chance to do my observation and assessment for a class. Where I was in a pre-k classroom observing a child where I had to record the children development progress and creating age-appropriate activities for her to master her later stages. I had the chance to work with the DRP(2015) while recording my observations.
This experience gave me an insight into working with children in the way they interact, explore, play and development through the weeks is fascinating. Through all this experience I learn the value of working with children and being part of their future success. During the Fall of 2017, I transferred to San Francisco State University to continue with my goal of getting my Bachelors Degree in Early Childhood Education. I received my Associates Degree in Early childhood Development at Skyline College and I have to say it has been one of the best experience working with a great staff of educator that is very encouraging and welcoming. My ultimate career goal is to become a social worker for children and families with disabilities, being able to advocate for them and actually work on their cases.
Being a preschool teacher has helped me figure an important tool in teaching and that is “Culture”. Culture is where we come from and everything that has to do with who we are. In our influences, morals, and beliefs. I like to use “Culture” as my education tool. My mission with this as a teacher is to help my students acknowledge and love their own culture. As a teacher, I want every child to bring a piece of them to the classroom environment, family pictures, and being able to share their culture with their peers. It fosters positive self-regard in one’s own culture and positive attitudes toward the culture of others. While exploring similarities and differences among cultures, it develops an understanding and appreciation of one’s own cultural heritage as well as that of other cultures. By doing this it allows me to connect with the family member and have a curriculum that is a family center program. As a teacher, I want to be able to communicate to parents about their children’s development progress and accomplishments. Having a partnership with them to meet their children’s needs.
Finally, as a teacher I want to be able to be a role model to my students, inspiring and encourages them to strive for greatness. Through everything, I have been through I want them to feel proud of themselves and appreciate everything that makes them who they are. I want to be a guide to their developmental stages, but be someone they can feel safe with and ready to explore. Children are unique and important I want to be a part of their growth investment because every minute with them can change their life and mine too. As a teacher I want to make a difference, children can impact the world with their imagination and it allows us educator to use all our capacity to foster that in making activities, learning lessons and interactions that expand their massive thinking and problem-solving. Our children are precious diamonds that we have to take care of and spend time cultivating their knowledge because they are our future.
