 My name is Soraya Bilbao. I'm a graduate from Fairfield University. Right now I'm currently an ESL teacher at Danbury High School. Prior to joining the P-Score, I had never considered becoming a teacher. They placed me in an outer island in South Pacific. Once I was in the classroom, I fell in love with it. I just really wanted to work with students who are coming from other cultures and being able to provide them both the knowledge as much as I can and the support to integrate and get to know the new culture in which they're in. Just seeing all the potential that they have in them, they want to succeed, they want to go to college. It's just the language barrier, so that's the challenge. You're learning the language, you're having to adapt in your culture, and you have to learn the academic English that you need in order to succeed at school. It's not just talking about how you teach but actually applying that knowledge in the classroom. And I feel that Fairfield University really prepared me for that. My own personal experience, they provide the theoretical foundation for you to understand the why you're doing something, and then they also give you the opportunity to apply that knowledge in a classroom. All my professors have been individuals who I consider to be experts in their field. They want you to succeed. They also want to challenge you and you should be the best. Good, you've been practicing very nice. The need is high. We're constantly looking for quality ESL teachers. Being a teacher, you become their mentor. Sometimes they're going through culture shock. It's helping them integrate into the community and they want to do that. They get excited about that. Every day I wake up and I'm excited to be an ESL teacher. I look forward to seeing my students. I felt very confident coming out of the program. I very much enjoyed being in the classroom with them.