Mexican Independence Day is also a day of celebration in our local binational communities. But one San Ysidro elementary school is celebrating more than just the holiday.
“I know that when you have a heart and you teach it with compassion, you transform their lives. Generations and generations. And so to me, working in San Ysidro has been amazing because I come from a border town, Calexico, so I relate to these students in my community,” said Nuñez.
“They’re smiling. They’re incorporating and doing the activities. They’re building. To me that’s the special moment, that’s the 'aha' moment,” said Nuñez.“The encyclopedia gave me the curiosity of learning and always since I was a child I wanted to be a teacher. So I would get my dolls and roleplay, that I was a teacher and I had great mentors. I remember my teachers dressed so beautiful and they would smell so nice,” said Nuñez.
But also in her personal life, she was devastated. Her mother died from complications due to COVID-19.