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Member Spotlight 7 Eva Trevino-Linton Eva Trevino-Linton is a true educator – a single mother of four kids in grades pre-K through 6th – she loves coaching soccer, making soap by hand, reading, and teaching students. She teaches English Language Learners to profi ciently understand, speak, read, and write English as an ELL paraeducator at Powell Middle School and Southside Elementary in Park County School District #1. While she loves her work as a paraeducator, she doesn't qualify for health and other benefi ts and she must supplement her income by working a second job at a daycare. Her work as a paraeducator is also precarious. When a student she worked with as a Special Education paraeducator moved away last year, Eva suddenly found herself without a job. After much eff ort, she was fi nally off ered her current position one day after school began this year. Eva is passionate about serving kids who have immigrated to America. Her own paternal great-grandfather was an undocumented immigrant from Mexico and her maternal grandparents immigrated from France and Quebec. Working in public schools and discovering her talents as an educator have inspired her to make plans to further her education and become a teacher. She is proud to be a WEA member, especially for Early Career Educator programs that will support her eff orts to serve her students professionally and well. Farren Markworth Farren's career as a teacher "fell into her lap." Even though she worked as an aide in her mother's classroom growing up, Farren started a short career in journalism prior to working as an ESP in her district. That position led her to seize the opportunity to go back to school and get her master's degree in special education and her current position at the Casper Classical Academy. A member of the Natrona County Education Association, Farren considers it a "phenomenal privilege" assisting young adults to experience academic success as well as life success. She applauds the focus on the whole child while maintaining the high standards and expectations in the classroom. Citing her previous work outside of the educational setting, Farren feels she brings insight and a unique skill set to her students as they develop their professional goals. She wants her students to remember her as one who was not just focused on their academic success but also their success and growth as human beings. She hopes that her students know what a privilege it is to teach them.