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Teacher Jennifer Reynolds: ‘We are helping guide and mold the youth of today’

Jennifer Reynolds graduated from McNeese State University in 2010 with a Bachelor of Science in nursing. Two years…

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Morgan McKnight: Teaching a social role that has long-term effects

Morgan McKnight, 27, learned from example the ways in which a teacher can affect individual students’ lives. She…

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Amy Willard: I do a back handspring for the class if they all get an A on a test

Amy Willard, 35, started as a paralegal. Now, she teaches 4th and 5th graders at St. Margaret’s Catholic…

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Brittney Link: Teaching is a journey of continuous growth 

Third-grade teacher Brittney Link, 37, struggled when she was a student. Now, she is a teacher who guides…

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Amy LeLeux: Energy of young students infectious

Amy LeLeux knew what she wanted to do with her life from a young age. She was born…

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Carolina Jagneaux has ‘developed a genuine passion for teaching’

Carolina Jagneaux teaches high school Spanish because she is passionate about promoting cross-cultural understanding and language learning. “I…

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Teacher Christina Haugen says she ‘leads with love’

When Christina Haugen was a child, she knew two things: she wanted to join the Air Force and…

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Stormie Messer helps her students ‘grow in both knowledge and maturity’

East Beauregard High School sixth grade English language arts teacher Stormie Messer didn’t always want to be an…

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Misty Zimmerman has 17 years of education experience under her belt

Misty Zimmerman, 47, fell in love with teaching special education as a substitute teacher more than 15 years…

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Tylar Gotreaux: My students are loved and have a place in my classroom

Sixth-grade math teacher Tylar Gotreaux, 26, strives to make math fun and accessible for her students. She was…