Vanessa graduated in 2006 with a Master of Arts in Teaching English as a Foreign Language (TEFL). She teaches Spanish at Nursery Road Elementary School in Columbia, South Carolina, and is a

2017 Milken Educator Award recipient, honoring top educators around the country (see page 8).

“I want to give my students a love for the language and the culture. The love of God is a heart for all cultures. We need to love the people that are here with us, and learn to appreciate the diversity they bring to us.”