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to impact my life to this day. Her kind and supportive actions gratitude enough towards Señora Garcia, as she is not just a
have inspired me to be a hard worker and to continue pursuing Spanish teacher to me, but a mentor, source of inspiration, and
Spanish. a role model. Her influence extends far beyond the classroom,
and, because of her, I feel ready to take on challenges that come
Not only have her qualities shaped her classroom, but my with learning a new language and using it to connect with
future as well as I plan to pursue Spanish in college as a minor others around the world. Señora has taught me that, with hard
in order to become fully fluent in the language and connect work, support, and belief in myself, anything is possible.
with a broader global community. Because of her, Spanish class
was not just a room, but somewhere I looked forward to going,
knowing that it was an uplifting environment where I could
not only learn, but also improve every day. I cannot express my

Article Submitted by
Ashlynn Bunnell TALKINGTON

Ashlynn Bunnell Is a senior at Talkington School for Young Leaders. She anticipates
receiving a college degree in chemical engineering. She has played violin since the sixth
grade and participates in her school’s orchestra as well as In Lubbock Youth Orchestra.
She Is involved in Academic Decathlon and Texas Future Music Educators. Her parents
are Jennifer Bunnell and Travis Nobles, and she has two siblings, Ryleigh (10) and
Gunner (8).

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