Jose Cardona Cochise College Sierra Vista

Hey this is Jose Cardona born in Puerto Rico raised in Florida and Arizona. This is my last semester of Sierra Vista Cochise College getting my associate in Fine Arts. I plan to go to University of Arizona to get my Bachelors in Education and teach in Special Education. The reason my family and I left Puerto Rico was to simply live a better life in the states. Yes Puerto Rico is a United States territory and have a lot of the privilege any other US citizens have, but overall the island is in massive amounts of dept with competitive work areas it would be less stressful to move and start a new beginning in the states. My mom being a teacher found it very easy to get a job in special education in Florida. Because of her my love slowly grew in teaching from staying with after school hours to help around her class room to her telling me almost everyday how rewarding it is to work in such an environment. However, pay was never good and we always had to live pay check to pay check. Being selected to attend HACU I will work to find out how to raise teachers pay, so being a teacher is a job career people actually can live comfortably to really focus on their careers and not just trying to live for the next two weeks.