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====Hello, my name is Teresa Lilly, my mother is Hannah LeftHandBull, a Lakota Sioux from South Dakota and my father is Edward E. Fixico Sr., a Muscogee Creek from Oklahoma. (In the Native American traditional way of introducing oneself is to include your parents, also.) I grew up in Compton, California in the 1960's but I left California as soon as I graduated from high school to escape the ganglife of that was taking over southern California. I moved to Denver in 1976 and have had the opportunity to move across this great country 8 separate times, due to my work as a chef, but I've always ended up back in Denver. I've settled into a neighborhood just like the one where I grew up and I also work at a high school just like the one I attended. I work at Abraham Lincoln High School as a Paraprofessional in the Special Education Department in the Freshmen Academy. I work with mild to moderate Special Education students. I've been working in the schools for 6 years and enjoy it very much. My goal is to become a Special Education teacher in a high school. Of course when I left California I never expected my life to bring me back to the life I couldn't wait to get out of but now I'm in a position to help these young people see a way out of gang life and poverty.====

====My teaching philosophy is that I believe that all children can learn but have different processing levels and it's up to us, the teachers, to help the students learn and reach their potential so they can succeed.====