Hi my name is Brittany
Brown. I was born in Fort Myers Florida in 1989 and have only lived in Fort
Myers Florida. I have three dogs named Diamond, Batman and Destiny and a son
named Shamier Hammond. I attended Edison Park Elementary, Cypress Middle and
Cypress Lake High Center of the Arts School.
In high school I was known
as the popular girl who played sports, I played Basketball, ran track and Cross
Country, boxed and was a swimmer. I
mostly stuck to basketball and track all four years and ended up getting a
scholarship to run in college at North Carolina Central University. In my teen
years I worked at Wendy’s, Dairy Queen and TJ Maxx. The only Job I have worked
that was close to my field of study and career choice was with the Boy’s and
Girl’s club as a program Coordinator.
I worked there for a full year and then was
laid off because of me being put on bed rest during my pregnancy. While I was
working at the club I was responsible for signing the students in daily,
helping them with homework, implementing low and high impact activities, lesson
plans, staff, time sheets, maintenance of the building and food. Having this
type of job entailed a lot and my hours were Monday-Friday 1-630pm.
My mother Sabrena works for the
hospital, my sister Erica is an alumni of FGCU and now works in the hospital as
well, my oldest brother Randall is in school at NCCU, my youngest brother
Samaji is in elementary school and living with his mom in Atlanta, Georgia and
my middle aged brothers Vincent and Jimmy are done with high school, but have
not figured out what they want to do with their lives at this point. My father
Vincent is in Cleveland, Ohio and is a chef for a restaurant in the area. My
mother just turned 47 my sister is 26 my brothers are 27, 21, 21 and 12.
My
journey to teaching started about four years ago. I used to be a student
athlete in North Carolina at North Carolina Central University. During the
three years I was there I was studying Physical Education majoring in Fitness
& Wellness. Well at the time I wanted to open up my own children’s gym to
help improve obesity in America. So during the course of study I had to take an
adaptive education class. So half way through the course we were all of a
sudden required to volunteer weekly at
an elementary school that offered adaptive physical education to students with
special needs. During the last 2 months of the course I feel in love with the
class, the students and wanted to impact children’s lives the same way. At the
same time my mother was having health problems and I had to move back home so I
applied to FGCU and got in and changed my major to the Education Program
Majoring In child Youth studies with a minor in business. Some say I would be a
great teacher but in reality to myself and what I am comfortable with I prefer
being outside the classroom. My ultimate GOAL is to open up my own centers
around the world for children & adults with special needs. The center will
be called “THE LOVE, LAUGH & HOPE CENTER” where a helping hand can make a
difference. The centers are going to structured and disciplined around the arts
and life skills the children and adults will need to be successful citizens. This became my choice of career because I love
working with children and because I have family members of my own who have
special needs. I also choose this career choice because I feel that it’s my
calling to do so by my creator. Everyone has a purpose in life and I feel that
this is the purpose I must fulfill. I
currently teach and mentor at a center called “The Quality Life Center” which
is geared to after school services. I have a class of mix students from 5th
grade to 8th grade students from different schools all across the
lee county area. What I teach is based
around academics such as science, reading, math, health and nutrition. But as a
teacher at the center we make the learning more hands on so the kids can enjoy
completing the task and to be able to work other life skills they need to succeed
in the real world. The unique strengths and talents I bring to my career is
that I am very determined, enthusiastic, energetic, funny, kind and a hard
worker. I can multitask and balance out many task that come my way if their
straight forward and organized.
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