Rachael Newsom

M.A. in Spanish from the University of New Mexico

B.A. in Spanish from Austin College, summa cum laude

Valedictorian, Arlington High School Class of 2014

State of Texas certified Spanish teacher (grades EC-12)

Three years of teaching experience in HPISD (Spanish 2 and Honors Spanish 2 at Highland Park High School, 5th grade Spanish at McCulloch Intermediate School)

Lived in Badajoz, Spain, for one year and studied abroad in Mexico, Argentina, and Spain to develop knowledge of various Spanish dialects

Passionate about teaching Spanish grammar; having learned Spanish as a second language, Rachael understands the challenges facing second language learners and successful approaches to second language acquisition