A Day in the Life of a Teacher in Quarantine

My mother, Amanda Senanayake, is a 4th and 5th grade bilingual teacher in New Jersey’s East Orange School District.

She became fluent in Spanish after spending a gap year in Venezuela on a Rotary International scholarship. She earned a bachelor’s  degree in Spanish and elementary education at the University of Rhode Island, then her master’s degree in Applied Linguistics, with an ESL certification, at Montclair State University, and bilingual certification at William Paterson University. 

She has been teaching for 12 years.

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Natalia Senanayake

Professor: Carol Cassidy
Class: Broadcast News Writing and Reporting

Takeaway:

Interviewing Lauren and seeing her workspace gave me a behind-the-scenes look at the experiences of a student entrepreneur. Her story shows that students can start their own small businesses around their passions, if they put in enough time and effort.

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