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Leticia Correa
Chicpea48@msn.com
INTRODUCTORY INFORMATION
I was born and raised in McAllen, Texas along with my five
sisters and three brothers. I have been married for twenty-eight years and have
a twenty-two year old son and a nineteen year old daughter who are both in
college. I have been an educator for the last twenty-five years teaching
language arts at the junior high level for most of those years. Currently, and
for the last three years I have been an elementary librarian in the very small
town of La Feria and I thoroughly enjoy it.
EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND
M.S. Library and Information Science
University of North Texas, Denton, Texas
Candidate for graduation
Graduate School of Library and Information
Science
Youth Services in Libraries and Information Settings
Graduate Academic Certificate from the University of North Texas, currently
enrolled in the MLIS graduate program at the University of North Texas
Bachelor of Science in Elementary Ed. (K-8), Physical Ed.
(K-12), English as a Second Language (6-12), Reading Specialist Certificate
(K-12), from UT Pan American in Edinburg, Texas
STORYTELLING INTERESTS
My interest in storytelling goes back to my childhood days
when I would hear my dad and my godfather tell wonderful stories that would
always make me laugh. There were also many other family members that would keep
us very entertained. It is very clear in my mind because the adults would tell
us, “Go ask your mother, father, (or whoever was around) to get you some “tente.”
This was their way of getting us out of their hair for a while and the other
person would have to give us “tente” which meant to entertain us in some way
which was usually with some kind of story.
My sewing has also spurred some of my storytelling in that
I knit or crotchet baby blankets for my children that prompt stories about
events that occurred while I was sewing the blankets for them. The blankets
also bring about stories of their lives as they were growing up that they also
love to hear over and over. I also sew, knit, or crochet scarves and quilts for
my sisters for our yearly sister trip when we exchange names and give each other
a present. My sisters end up quarreling about whom gets to draw my name because
they all want a specially sewed item that I will be sewing for the sister’s name
that I draw. Each one still gets a sewn item after our trip; I usually sew them
something a little different, but give it to them after the exchange. All of
these sewn items create more stories for us as well as serve as reminders of
stories from our childhood.
I’m also very interested in storytelling since I took
Storytelling #5440 with Dr. E. Figa from the University of North Texas. Since
then, I have enjoyed telling my students and others, stories that I enjoy and I
know they do too. My choice of stories are those that involve humor and those
that allow me to add a little bit of my Hispanic culture.
MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION
My hobbies include reading, sewing, knitting, crocheting,
and going riding with my husband in his Harley Davidson motorcycle as often as I
can. I am also a member of The Rio Grande Valley Aggie Mom’s Club that is a
nonprofit organization that meets monthly to support our Aggie students with
scholarships and more by making crafts that we sell at Parents’ Week during
April. I also like to swim as often as I can and walk at least four days out of
the week for about an hour. I also like to go with my family to Guadalajara,
Mexico because it is so beautiful there and the relatives and the people are so
special. I especially like Guadalajara because they have all kinds of fruit and
the food is so delicious that I don’t want to come back home. What makes it so
much more special is that getting there and coming back home we create memories
that are later stories that we can reminisce about when we get together and with
other family members.
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