Her teaching career has been geared toward the empowerment of early childhood and elementary school children. She has a strong passion to educate young minds and a desire to share her love for languages. Maria have had wonderful opportunities to work with diverse groups of students, including those with learning disabilities, those who performed at grade level and those who are gifted. She helped them to achieve their personal goals and to reach their potential with excellent results for them, for their parents and for the school administrators. Her greatest strengths include her ability to inspire and motivate students. She actively engage their eager minds by incorporating hands-on activities, enjoyable activities and cooperative learning projects into the Spanish classroom.