As I move forward in my career and life, my mission is to continue to look beyond the surface of every child I meet and into their soul to find the potential and promise of a bright future that each of us has. I accept the responsibility that I believe belongs to every educator, to be someone who values ​​each individual child and who inspires leaders and enables them to become the person they are meant to be. I also feel it is my responsibility to encourage this in educators in my community. I feel that learning and teaching is a community effort and that if I have a resource, an idea, a thought, a philosophy, that promotes growth and learning, I should share it for the common good of all. I believe as William Butler Yeats does when he says, “Education is not filling a pail, but lighting a fire.” Through my life, my teachings, my parenting and my grandparents, I want to set the tone for the world