Regina Battistella Research Paper

Regina Battistella is a 4th/5th grade teacher born in Little Rock,Arkansas. She is generous,kind and a great role model. She grew up in a family with 7 children and two parents. She is the 5th child, she has 4 brothers and two sisters (one was like a mother to her). Her dad is alive and well and a veteran. He was a traditional Italian and taught her with a cultural mindset,like how not caring for her grades nor any intention of sending her to college which was for the males to do in the family. This was, because she was a female and back then females just cooked, cleaned,and just had to be a great wife. Ms.Battistella was okay with this, because she never really liked school as much and enjoyed children. As she was growing up, she always followed her brothers around and did tomboy activities when they would include her with them.

The house was one of the most stressest place to be at. During her high school years, she did the basic maintain her grades. She hung out with the popular girls, but she never felt that she fitted in with them, so when she got tired of their nonsense, she spent her junior and senior years alone. After high school, she applied herself to West Valley College, which to her surprise, she really enjoyed there and did very well. Then, went to few different colleges and lastly ending her college year at San Jose State with a master's degree in teaching. When she was young, she dreamt that she would be a ballerina, but until her dad drew her out of classes. Even though, Ms. Battistella never got her dream job, she found her passion for