My interest in teaching developed in the several moments of my life where I had to teach myself how to be a student. I attribute this reason to my less-educated parents and college years? experience. The challenge of being a first generation high school student, which I experienced in my home town of Miami, Florida, was difficult. My lack of self-confidence and perceived weaknesses in academic skills, while receiving little help from my poorly-educated parents, ill-prepared me for a college e...