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STEVI WILSON
Supporting kids, both here and abroad Emma Vallelunga
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tevi Wilson believes she’ll never retire from teaching. She continues to educate and give back through charity and non-profit work because education is about more than just the day’s lecture — it’s about learning the life lessons, taking challenges in stride and being the ear to listen or the shoulder to cry on. Even as a Spanish teacher, Wilson has more than 30 years of experience in seeing what the power of education can do for people of all ages. As a Long Island native, Wilson came to the Central New York area after receiving her bachelor’s from SUNY Oswego and master’s from Syracuse University. Her first job out of college, teaching Spanish at East Syracuse Minoa High School, was when she fell in love with teaching, thanks to the school’s principal at the time. “I’ve loved my job from the day I started teaching,” Wilson
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