New Special Ed teacher was the Philippines' 2022 Education Specialist of the Year

Rosal Concepcion is eagerly awaiting her exit clearance for travel from Manila, Philippines, to Petersburg, Alaska, where she's looking forward to starting an adventurous new chapter of her life working as a middle school and high school special education teacher.

Rosal grew up knowing a girl who was born profoundly deaf and unable to communicate. "Because of her, that's how it started. I said, Okay, I really would like to be an instrument, so that the community will understand people like [her]," she says. "I saw the needs even when I was small. I really said, Okay, when I become a teacher I...

 

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