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From mentee to mentor: A snapshot of how Gainesville Schools' aspiring teachers program works

Gainesville Exploration Academy para professional Jesus Penaloza is a busy man these days. In addition to his full-time work with students at GEA, he's an assistant soccer coach at Gainesville High and he's a cohort of Gainesville City Schools Aspiring Teacher Program - photo by Scott Rogers

04122019 ASPIRING 3.jpg — Gainesville Exploration Academy para professional Jesus Penaloza is a busy man these days. In addition to his full-time work with students at GEA, he's an assistant soccer coach at Gainesville High and he's a cohort of Gainesville City Schools Aspiring Teacher Program - photo by Scott Rogers

The 29-year-old student at the University of North Georgia in Gainesville has moved between cultures and languages and jobs and lifestyles all his life.