Kennedy Memorial High School in Iselin. Gabriela has a bachelor’s degree in education with a minor in French language and literature, and worked as a kindergarten teacher for five years prior to earning her BA in French at Montclair State University. She is currently working towards her MA at Rutgers University and teaching French at the high school level, after teaching various levels for the past six years. Passionate about making her students’ experience learning French more meaningful, she has established a Pen Pal Cultural Exchange program with a sister school in southern France, currently in its fourth year of existence. An avid user of technology, she has co-presented workshops at the district level, and has pioneered new technologies for use in the classroom. Gabriela encourages her students to become explorers of the world around them through a new language.