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Rosa Ramirez was born in El Paso, Texas. She proudly graduated from New Mexico State University in 2003 with a bachelor’s degree in bilingual education with an ESL endorsement. She is the sixth of ten brothers and sisters and now a proud aunt of over 50 nieces and nephews. She is also a proud teacher with over 20 years of experience from pre-K to eighth grade. She has multiple reading academy endorsements, a coaching certification, and a science endorsement for middle school. She has participated in multiple districts for writing curriculum and was recently nominated as a Master Teacher by the Texas Education Agency.
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