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School Transformation Through Arts Integration at Bates Middle School

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Cristal Barragan

Middle School History teacher-to-be and Mother in Tacoma, Washington

I am a student in the M.A.T. program at Seattle Pacific University in Seattle, Washington. I hope to teach middle school history/social studies soon. I will be starting my internship experience this coming fall and am very excited because I do not have any in-class teaching experience.

My husband, one-year old daughter, and myself live in Tacoma, Washington, but I grew up in Eastern Washington in the small town of Connell. I moved to Seattle, WA to pursue my undergraduate degree from the University of Washington and received my B.A. in American Ethnic Studies in 2008. I am half-way into my second year at SPU and will (hopefully) be done by the end of 2010 and start by teaching career!