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Maya Moon

 

Leticia Montero is a 22-year-old student at the University of Arizona; she is in the College of Education Teacher Preparation Program, and working a degree in elementary education. Leticia will be the first member of her family to graduate from a university. Leticia is originally from Sonora, Mexico, but moved to Tucson when she was seven years of age. Leticia is very active in her community; she works together with the City of South Tucson in a program called "Weed & Seed" to promote a better life style for at-risk youth. Leticia is also a youth leader for the Dioceses of Tucson, in which she helps coordinate an annual conference for all teenagers in the Dioceses, and is currently working in Santa Cruz Parish helping to establish a strong youth group. Leticia also volunteers at different Sunnyside elementary schools. Leticia's main goal is to graduate and become a teacher for the Sunnyside School District, because she went to school in that district. (Spring 2002)

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