Amanda Studer, a third-grade teacher at Mundy Mill Academy, faced a dilemma of the heart nearly a decade ago when she found herself in a lucrative job in the boating industry “but I went home unfulfilled.”
Despite recent adulation, Gainesville teacher of the year remains humble
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