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    • Daniela Romero

    Daniela Romero

    ESL Coordinator

    Nationalities Services Center

    Philadelphia, PA USA

    “What I think is reasonable or obvious is not that reasonable or obvious.”

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    Milestones

    Milestones

    My road in life has been direct.
    Got a Bachelor's degree in English linguistics while still living in Chile.
    Seemed like her only option was teaching English; in Chile, teaching English was a luxury, not accessible to all students.
    Didn't want to teach under those circumstances; knew she wanted to travel, moved to U.S.
    Quickly realized her English studies hadn't made her fluent, lived in fear that people would talk to her, rarely left her apartment.
    Overstayed her visa, took odd jobs under the table, kept her bags packed at all times in case anyone found out.
    Found an ESL teaching opportunity; teaches grateful, hard-working students, rather than spoiled corporate executives she'd have taught in Chile.
    Says for as much as she puts into her job, what she gets out of it is so much more.
    Thinks that her personal experiences with struggling to learn English definitely makes her more empathetic, more approachable to students.
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    Education

    Education

    highschool
    High School
    undergrad
    Bachelor
    English Language and Literature, General
    University of Chile
    undergrad
    Bachelor
    Linguistics
    University of Chile
    Career

    Career

    ESL Coordinator

    I help immigrants and refugees with ESL classes and also help recruit and train volunteer teachers.

    Career Roadmap

    Roadmap
    My work combines:
    My work combines:
    Education
    Education
    Non-Profit Organizations
    Non-Profit Organizations
    Teaching / Mentoring
    Teaching / Mentoring

    Hurdles

    Hurdles

    Challenges I Overcame

    First-Generation Immigrant
    First-Generation Immigrant

    I was coming from the third world to the first world. It's like taking a tree and planting it in another land or soil. It is very hard. I didn't get out of my apartment for about a year. I was trapped there and I didn't want to interact with anyone. I couldn't understand them.