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Anita Tejada and Roz Hunter are longtime paraprofessionals with Waukegan Community Unit School District 60 who will soon complete their college programs to become certified teachers.

Their goal is to teach in the district.

An immigrant to the United States at the age of 15, who graduated from Waukegan High School, Tejada went to work for the district in 1998 as a paraprofessional and discovered a passion for working with students in the district’s elementary schools. Just over two years ago, she learned of a program to cover tuition.

“I applied, and receiving my acceptance email was a moment I will never forget,” Tejada said in an email. “For the first time, I no longer had to worry about financial barriers standing in the way of my dream.”

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