When I was 16 years old, I was motivated to learn a Spanish poem, entitled Tu eres huracan (You are a huricane). Well to make a long story short, With much practice and self-dtermination, I was encouraged by my former Spanish teacher, Ms. Estell to enter this poem in a contest against predominately Latinos in my junior year at Wendell Phillips High School, and I was thrilled to have won first place, which later paved the way for me to major in Spanish education at Illinois State Univ. in 1975. As a result of my success with this poem, I later became a Bilingual Spanish-Speaking teacher, who has been presently teaching the Spanish language for over 25 years. El espanol es mi primer amor.(Spanish is my first love). 

Bachelor's of Science degree in Spanish education
Master's of Science degree in Spanish Bilingual-Bicultural education, Author of Between Two Worlds, Teacher, Author, Administrator, and Minister.