MY NAME IS MARTA ALVARADO I WAS BORN AND RAISED IN THE BORDER TOWN OF PRESIDIO TEXAS. AT A VERY YOUNG AGE I KNEW I HAD A PASSION TO WORK WITH KIDS, WHICH INSPIRED ME TO ATTEND SUL ROSS STATE UNIVERSITY IN ALPINE TEXAS. WHILE PURSUING MY CAREER I MADE THE DEAN'S LIST MANY TIMES. I WAS ALSO PART OF THE PHI SIGMA IOTA, THE INTERNATIONAL FOREIGN LANGUAGE HONOR SOCIETY, SIGMA TAU DELTA, THE INTERNATIONAL ENGLISH HONOR SOCIETY AND THE ALPHA CHI, NATIONAL HONORS SCHOLARSHIP SOCIETY.
I ALSO HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO TRAVEL TO EUROPE AND EXPAND MY KNOWLEDGE IN CULTURE, HISTORY AND ART. I GRADUATED WITH A BACHELOR OF ARTS, MAJOR IN ENGLISH, MINOR IN SPANISH. I TAUGHT IN PRESIDIO FOR ALMOST 10 YEARS. SEARCHING FOR A BETTER HORIZONS I CERTIFIED IN ART AND I'M CURRENTLY IN MY THIRD YEAR AS AN ART TEACHER FOR WILSON AND YOUNG MIDDLE SCHOOL.