Laura Gang

Hello!
My name is Laura Gang. I am from Costa Rica. My mother and father were teachers, my mom an English teacher and my dad Spanish teacher as a second language.
I had the opportunity to travel back and forth between Costa Rica and the United States so I was able to learn English, and learn from both countries. I guess I'm a little bit of both : Latin and American... :)
I studied Commercial art right out of high school but never really worked formally in that. Later, I studied at Tulane University in New Orleans and from that experience decided to become a translator. So, I began studying at Universidad Internacional de las Americas in Costa Rica.
While studying there, I began working at FUNDATEC, which is a school in Instituto Tecnol'ogico de Costa Rica, as an ESL teacher. I loved that time and teaching adults!
Later, I began working at the high school level at Colegio Bilingue San Judas Tadeo. I taught there for about 5 years. Last year, I had to switch jobs and started teaching at the elementary level at St. Joseph School. So, now I am an elementary school teacher. I will be teaching sixth grade starting Feb. 4th.
I love English, teaching literature, speaking skills, and science are my favorites! :) My passion is translating and I never give up the opportunity to work as a translator.
I want to learn as much as I can so that I can put into work my artistic side in unison with the teaching of my subjects.
I'm thinking of the first theme of reading "courage" to develop my project. I know it is broad...but I am working on narrowing it down. All help is welcome!!!
Thanks,
Laura Gang