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My first cat was named Cowboy, after the Dallas Cowboys.
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I decided to go to Latin America because many of my students in Washington emigrated from this region and inspired me to learn more about their home countries.
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My dad saw my husband's boss at a conference, and he said to stop paying my husband until we produce children.
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I had always loved to write and my mom was my editor for my school papers.
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My sister, she's amazing. She sort of inspired me to take this journey to Latin America.
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I hope to work with kids any way possible.
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I was an English major.
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I think there are many ways to serve your country.
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I hope to focus on what I'm passionate about because I think I'd do them best job on them - education, urban education, women and children's issues and literacy.
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I don't think of myself as a policy expert. I think education is the most important thing.
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I like to go to bed early.
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You have to give kids things they're interested in reading. That's what teachers do who are engaged in what their students want.
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Luckily I've had a lot of great friends that I've had for a long time.
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I don't have any children. I just have a cat, to my parents' dismay.
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I'm aware that not all kids can pick up and fly to Panama. I'm very lucky.
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I'm pretty normal.
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One day I would love to have a couple children.
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The world is such a big place, and there's so much that goes on, but a lot of the media really just cover the same thing over and over again.