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<\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\u201cIt feels really good to be back at Pueblo,\u201d said Ms. Estefania Herrera, a 2011 Pueblo graduate who has returned to her alma mater to teach ELD (Levels 3 & 5) after teaching junior English at Desert View for five years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Although she misses her Desert View students, Herrera said that she was ready for a change.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI always planned to return to Pueblo,\u201d she said. \u201cMy high school years at Pueblo were the best, and every time I walk down the halls, I am flooded with nothing but awesome, fun memories.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Herrera said that Pueblo life was much different a dozen years ago.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI\u2019m disappointed that so many high school students live on their phones,\u201d she said. \u201cFew students even had phones when I attended Pueblo, and we [students] communicated better with one another. I have definitely seen a decline in adolescent social skills, and that\u2019s sad to me.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
One of Herrera\u2019s objectives is to instill in her students that education is the key to success.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThe more you learn, the better you understand the world around you,\u201d she said. \u201cToday, college is no longer an option\u2014it\u2019s a necessity to make a living. Students need to be mindful of their teachers and learn as much as they can from them.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Last month, Herrera married Leonardo, her fianc\u00e9 of several years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI\u2019m happily married, I\u2019m back at Pueblo, and I have the best students ever,\u201d she said. \u201cSo, yeah, I\u2019m very happy, and I hope that is contagious to my students. I can only hope that they have as much fun as I did during high school.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Although Herrera plans to be a teacher for several more years, she would like to earn a master\u2019s degree\u2014perhaps in education or another field.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI think we need younger principals,\u201d she said. \u201cI think students are able to connect with younger administrators better than older ones who might be slightly out of touch with this generation.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
For now, however, Herrera is still elated to be back home and in her own classroom.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cIt\u2019s [my classroom] really all mine,\u201d she said. \u201cAnd this Class of \u201911 Warrior is teaching future graduating Warriors. What could be better and more fulfilling?\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
By Briana Barreda \u201cIt feels really good to be back at Pueblo,\u201d said Ms. Estefania Herrera, a 2011 Pueblo graduate who has returned to her alma mater to teach ELD (Levels 3 & 5) after teaching junior English at Desert View for five years. Although she misses her Desert View students, Herrera said that she … Continue reading Mrs. Herrera: Back \u2018Home\u2019 To Teach<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[128,371,208],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pA2u4-Yh","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pueblowarriors.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3737"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pueblowarriors.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pueblowarriors.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pueblowarriors.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pueblowarriors.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3737"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/pueblowarriors.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3737\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3739,"href":"https:\/\/pueblowarriors.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3737\/revisions\/3739"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pueblowarriors.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3737"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pueblowarriors.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3737"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pueblowarriors.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3737"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}