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= = = ==//HOLA! I am Señora Jones, CCS Spanish Specialist for TK-4th grades. I was born the eldest of five siblings in New Bedford, Massachusetts. Both my paternal & maternal grandparents and great-grandparents emigrated from the AZORES islands of PORTUGAL. I lived in Fairhaven, Massachusetts until I was seven years old when my family moved to California. //== ==// After graduating from UCSB-which included a summer exchange in Guadalajara, Mexico-I moved to Spain for about nine months. I received both Elementary and Secondary Life teaching credentials from Cal Lutheran University in Thousand Oaks, CA, and graduated from a two year Bible school in Tulsa, OK where I became a licensed minister. I have traveled as a missionary to Peru, Brazil and to Mexico numerous times, which has allowed me to use both Spanish and Portuguese. //== ==// I have been an educator since 1975 with teaching and librarian experience from elementary through college. I have a passion to share language and culture with my students who daily bring me such joy in return. //==