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Daniela Romero Highlight
What I think is reasonable or obvious is not that reasonable or obvious.
About Daniela
- Got a Bachelor's degree in English linguistics while still living in Chile.
- Seemed like her only option was teaching English; in Chile, teaching English was a luxury, not accessible to all students.
- Didn't want to teach under those circumstances; knew she wanted to travel, moved to U.S.
- Quickly realized her English studies hadn't made her fluent, lived in fear that people would talk to her, rarely left her apartment.
- Overstayed her visa, took odd jobs under the table, kept her bags packed at all times in case anyone found out.
- Found an ESL teaching opportunity; teaches grateful, hard-working students, rather than spoiled corporate executives she'd have taught in Chile.
- Says for as much as she puts into her job, what she gets out of it is so much more.
- Thinks that her personal experiences with struggling to learn English definitely makes her more empathetic, more approachable to students.