CDF Freedom Schools® Spotlight: Vicki Olivares
It was Vicki Olivares’ third year in college at Cal State Dominguez Hills when a counselor asked if she was looking for a summer job working with kids. She said yes, thinking it would be an easy job watching children play. But she quickly realized it was so much more. “Little did I know that it wasn’t just a job, it was a movement and that it would shape my entire philosophy of teaching,” she said. That was 15 years ago. Since then, Olivares has been a Children’s Defense Fund Freedom Schools® program servant leader intern, teaching various levels of scholars over multiple summers and is now site coordinator for the Long Beach program site, hosted by Success in Challenges. Olivares is also a first grade teacher for Los Angeles Unified School District. Much of her successes as a teacher she [...]
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