This is my fifth year teaching dual language at Hunt Club Elementary and I greatly enjoy being apart of this educational community.  I am currently in my 9th year as a teacher.  During my first 3 years of teaching, I was employed as an ESL/Bilingual educator at Laraway Elementary School in Joliet.  I had the great fortune of working with English language learners of varying ages that allowed me to help them use their native language as a bridge to academic success.  I obtained my master's in Education from Aurora University.  In 2016, I finished coursework for my ESL/Bilingual endorsement through Lewis University.  I am thrilled to be a part of District 308's Dual Language Program, because it is refreshing to see a school and district whole-heartedly embrace the native language of so many of our students and use it as a resource in attaining academic success.