Cecilia Stanton-Verduzco grew up in Chile and is now a high school Spanish teacher and department chair in South Bend, Indiana. We talk about why she came to the U.S. and then to South Bend, about building relationships with students, about recruiting and mentoring new teachers, the new teacher learning curve, differences between school in Chile and in the U.S., what people outside of teaching should know about working in schools, and much more.