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 * Welcome to My EDT 3010 Portfolio! ** 
 * Hello! Thank you for stopping by my Wikispaces Portfolio!﻿ Please allow me to introduce myself. My name is Christina Galindo and I am currently a Behavioral Science major minoring in Elementary Education at [|Metropolitan State College of Denver]. I am working towards becoming an elementary school teacher and am currently in field experience classes! **


 * I am a twenty-three year old newlywed and am currently living in Edgewater, Colorado. I’m located only ten minutes from downtown Denver, which is one of my favorite places to be! I have lived in Denver, Colorado for most of my life but also spent my first year of college at Casper College in Casper, Wyoming. I come from a close-knit family, which consists of my husband, mother, father, and older brother. I consider myself to be the daughter of an artist (my mother) and an intellectual (my father), so I have grown up surrounded by creativity and learning! My father was a first grade teacher for ten years in a bilingual classroom and then became a professor of education at the University of Colorado at Denver. My mother graduated from the Fashion Institute of Technology in New York City. Consequently, one of my very favorite things to do is sewing my own clothes. Most of what I wear on a daily basis was sewn my either my mother or myself and I am currently working on creating my teacher wardrobe! I currently work for an alternative bridal business during the day, which caters to rock and roll and themed weddings. I assist with sewing custom bridesmaid dresses, vests, and wedding garters. **


 * I also love to write, take photographs, people watch, make trash into treasure by refurbishing old furniture and clothing, meet new people, throw theme parties, listen to music, and attend punk rock concerts. I love animals, the color red, and could live on Thai food! **


 * I attended kindergarten through fifth grade in a bilingual classroom environment and am still pretty fluent in Spanish. Most recently, I observed a first and fifth grade class for a few days and find the differences between children in different age groups fascinating. I look forward to learning more about the differences between age-groups of children and their interests and abilities as they grow. I am also fascinated by all sorts of differences in culture as I myself have a very multicultural background. I am Mexican and Native American (Yaqui, Papago, and Apache) on my father’s side and Irish, German, French, and English on my mother’s side. As my father taught several courses on multicultural education, and since I have lived so close to downtown Denver for most of my life, I have been immersed into many of the multicultural festivals and events that the city has to offer. One of my favorite things about living in a big city is the vast amount of diversity! I look forward to my new experiences in the classroom and to all of the forms of diversity I am sure I will encounter. **


 * I am very excited to be taking such a big new step toward my teaching career! I feel that while teaching is an important responsibility, it is also an enormous privilege. Teachers really do shape the future through having such a major impact on so many young lives and I hope to learn how to be an extremely positive influence in children’s lives. I feel I have been learning all of my life and want to encourage future students that learning is a very exciting and fun part of life! **
 * Thanks for stopping by and have a nice day! **