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Laura Villegas


Hometown: Sacramento

Major: Teacher Credentialing Program. Class of 2006.

Background: Graduated from Sac State in spring 2004 with a bachelor’s degree in childhood development. Currently part of the first class of student teachers to work and attend university classes at the Urban Teacher Education Center in the Sacramento City Unified School District. Most recently taught in a 5th-grade class at Washington Elementary School in Sacramento.

Proudest accomplishment: “My proudest accomplishment so far is graduating from college. I’d never expected to go to college. In my high school career center I heard about Sac State’s open enrollment program. I went and was accepted on the spot. Here I am!”

Changes: “My personality has really changed in the seven years since I started school here as an undergraduate. I was very shy back then. Now I’m a lot more open and I communicate better with people.”

Highlight: “The professors have inspired me to think and have an opinion.”

Destination: “I love teaching elementary school, especially in urban schools. Teaching is something I’ve always really wanted to do.”

 

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