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  • Marina Del Rey Middle School
  • Los Angeles, CA
  • Nearly all students from low‑income households Data about students' economic need comes from the National Center for Education Statistics, via our partners at MDR Education. Learn more

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I teach at a Title One school that draws on the local community of Hispanic low-income families. 16 years into this job, and I love it more than you can imagine. My students come from hard working immigrant families who have high expectations for their kids. Many of my former students have received full scholarships to universities and have returned to give back to their communities. Byron Ellis, a former student, hails from a low income black family that still lives in the local projects. He just completed medical school at the University of Colorado, and he interned this summer with an orthopedic surgeon in LA. He spoke to my students last year and explained that it's not about intelligence, it's about organization, and effort. Laura Gonzalez has not paid a nickel towards her UCSB education. Dedicated to being a special needs teacher in LA, her community, she too comes from the projects. Motivated teachers and students like Bryon and Laura make the impossible "possible."

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I teach at a Title One school that draws on the local community of Hispanic low-income families. 16 years into this job, and I love it more than you can imagine. My students come from hard working immigrant families who have high expectations for their kids. Many of my former students have received full scholarships to universities and have returned to give back to their communities. Byron Ellis, a former student, hails from a low income black family that still lives in the local projects. He just completed medical school at the University of Colorado, and he interned this summer with an orthopedic surgeon in LA. He spoke to my students last year and explained that it's not about intelligence, it's about organization, and effort. Laura Gonzalez has not paid a nickel towards her UCSB education. Dedicated to being a special needs teacher in LA, her community, she too comes from the projects. Motivated teachers and students like Bryon and Laura make the impossible "possible."

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