Although this concludes my Portfolio, a new chapter is just beginning for me. I look forward to the journey ahead of me as I enter a teaching career. I am ready to take on the world; anything thrown my way will be a new and exciting challenge to face and overcome. Throughout my four years at the University of Vermont, I have gained so many insights and learned valuable lessons that I will take with me when I leave. I will be forever grateful to all of the teachers and professors that have given me a piece of themselves and shaped me into the teacher that I am today.

A great teacher once said to me, "Don't ever give up on your imagination." As I enter the teaching profession, I will carry her words with me always, because a great teacher uses imagination each and every day to inspire the minds of the next generation.

And I wouldn't be true to myself if I didn't conclude my portfolio with the motto that I live my life by:

"Live well, Laugh often, Love much."