Spanish with Nikita C.

Hi! My name is Nikita and I am currently a college student. I grew up in Mexico and have taken teaching courses over highschool, as well as having been a teaching assistant for several schooling grades, from elementary school to high school. I also got the opportunity to attend a United World College and gained a lot of international experience, as well as being cuturally inmersed in the many different cultures my peers represented. I love to learn new things as well, and feel that learning involves both the student and the teacher. While in Mexico I did my best to excel and gain experience towards teaching and helping others. I have won several student writing contests, as well as academic recognitions. During high school I attended a charter school that gave me opportunity to grow and volunteer. Besides being a teaching assistant to a middle school for my school's volunteering program, I was a teaching assistant to a high school literature teacher, the student leader to a Creative Writing club, and one of the head organizers for our school's cultural inmersion week, that celebrated literature and arts, such as film, design, music, etc. As well, I attended the United World College in China for two years. It was an inmersive experience that helped me grow both as a person and as a student. While living in China I was inmersed not only in its vast culture, but was also exposed to many other cultures from the 100+ countries represented by the other students attending my school. I gained a lot of international experience and became even more empathic and understing because of that. I also took some experience from tutoring my peers and doing self-taught literature in China, learning that studying another language can be hard but fun and engaging! I currently attend Colorado College and am looking to major in International Political Economy, with a minor in Education. My goal after I graduate is becoming an advocate for children's education rights internationally. I am also looking to obtain a special education certification after that. At college, I am involved with several clubs and activities, but the ones I am focusing on are my intramural soccer team, Latinx alliance, and Catholic Students Group.