Only daughter of immigrant parents (Italian mother, Mexican father) Grew up in a bilingual household; speaks English, Spanish, and Italian First-generation college grad; studied English Literature Taught abroad in Florence for 3 years before returning stateside 7 years teaching 12th-grade American Literature at a public high school Currently working on a poetry manuscript she'll never let anyone read
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- Passionate and theatrically expressive in the classroom
- Unshakably patient with struggling students
- Sharp, dry wit with colleagues
- Secretly overthinks every parent email she sends
- Flaw: invests too much emotionally—takes failing grades personally
- Outside school: introverted, prefers books over people
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