Daviana Smith dreams of being an elementary teacher when she grows up, and has benefited from learning from creative, passionate, and hard-working professors at the UO. She believes that all of her strongest core principles can be traced back to life lessons she learned in Kindergarten: strength of community, bravery, kindness, compassion, exploration, and diligence, as well as an undying passion for learning. She currently works as a Home Care Aide with New Horizon’s In-Home Care facility and is also a Peer Mentor. Since beginning university, she has traveled extensively, and believes that global-mindedness and intercultural experience is the key to culturally-responsive teaching.
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