Maggie graduated with a degree in Archaeology but became a teacher through alternative certification after volunteering in the classroom in Texas and seeing the high need for Spanish speaking teachers. After teaching in Texas for three years, she taught for ten years in New Orleans, Louisiana. Finally, she returned to rural Utah and teaches 8th grade science and ESL at Ephraim Middle School in Ephraim, UT. She loves adding the lessons she learned as an archaeologist and teaching and living along the gulf coast to the students in Ephraim.
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Maggie Grindstaff
Ephraim Middle School. Participant 2024-2025
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