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Kerry Diaz has been worked as a Preschool Teacher, Camp Director or Elementary Teacher for over 20 years.\u00a0 While earning her Master\u2019s Degree from Cal State San Marcos, she focused on language and literacy development.\u00a0 She is trained in the Orton-Gillingham method, a dyslexia intervention program for elementary students.\u00a0 She is passionate about Restorative Justice practices to create a caring classroom environment. \u00a0Beyond that, she connects the arts and movement wherever possible in the curriculum to engage young people in learning.<\/p>\n
As a Palomar Adjunct Faculty, she is thrilled to help students discover the many career paths connected to Child Development.<\/p>\n
She has lived in nearly every quadrant of the United States and a few locations overseas as she moved with her Marine husband and two children.\u00a0 Now that he is retired, they call San Diego home.<\/p>\n
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