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I decided to attend Western and be an education major because I felt

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like it was a place where I could branch into new experiences. Not only is the education

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program here well known and well respected, but the professors, faculty, and staff

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here are phenomenal.

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What's important about my classes is I don't have instructors, I have professors and

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faculty with their doctorates. Dr. Ryan makes me feel like it's inclusive and that she actually

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can feel the sense of me being a teach and an educator, not only just a student

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trying to pass a test. What I really find rewarding at WOU is that

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there's other ways for me to get involved or find another identity or group besides just

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going to classes, going back home, doing homework, and falling asleep. I really found

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a really great space in MECHA. I can be involved

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in maybe some as simple as the march or advocate for something as

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tuition or something as big as immigration reform.

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Another thing I'm involved with here on campus is the Western Oregon Board of Trustees.

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I went through only a couple interview processes and it was really overwhelming, like I can't

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believe this is happening. We're making history right now. My career goal is to

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work as an elementary educator. I really love K-3 students. They're amazing.

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I was hoping to get into really like a migrant based school, a small community.

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I come from a bilingual background. I spoke spanish in my household. I would love

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to get my ESOL Bilingual Endorsement here with my degree. I would definitely

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recommend Western Oregon. Small liberal arts, it just gives me

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a sense of community that I belong somewhere and I wasn't just going to be overshadowed.

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Western Oregon University is exactly what I was looking for and more.

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