Teaching at OLGA has helped me better connect with scholars. I have learned to step out of my comfort zone regarding how to teach and how to reach each individual scholar. I believe this comes from having great support from colleagues who have become more of a family than a faculty who works with one another. This support encourages me to find new strategies and activities that help to ensure every scholar has a safe, comfortable, and successful learning environment.

My wish for each scholar is that they feel confident enough to voice their struggles, as well as celebrations, not only academically, but socially. I hope that as they move forward they continue to grow and know that they are each an individual priority when it comes to their learning academically, socially, and spiritually.