Jose Cervantes-Aguilar

This pathway program has made a huge impact to me. As a first-generation student, this program has taught me how to stand up for myself in the face of the inevitable adversity one can face when being a Latinx queer male within the educational system. It has also taught me that I am a beautiful, worthy teacher that has every right to educate and change the world one student at a time.. Because of this pathway program, I was able to graduate with an associate degree from Skagit Valley College, then transfer to Western Washington University to receive my Bachelor of Arts in Spanish and with a minor in Education and Social Justice. While at Western, MPeP helped me achieve my goal of being accepted into the Master’s in Teaching program at Western. As of now, I have graduated with my Master’s in Teaching with an endorsement in Spanish teaching back in March and have accepted a position to teach in la Comunidad Valencia in Spain for a year. This program has done so much for me and I can not wait to return from my year away to help mold and educate my community’s students into the people they want to become!