Hello everyone! My name is Marylin Zuniga and I transferred to MSU my sophomore year from Long Island University. I am a family and child studies major and am currently in my Clinical I semester. I am placed with fourth graders at Ridge Street Elementary in Newark. I have aspirations of being an elementary school teacher, of course. However, I also wish to eventually start my own day cares, camps, etc. I love being involved with all aspects of child development. I love to travel and meet new people.

My earliest memory of literacy is reading Dr. Seuss books. He was my first favorite author and I remember whenever we would make trips to library as a class I would refuse to pick any books that were not written by him. My best memory would have to be about a short biography I wrote in 5th grade. Our assignment was to write about a person who we saw as a hero in our lives. I chose to write about my older sister. At the time, Linda was finishing up her senior year of high school and was pregnant. She was going through a hard time of her life, and I saw her as a hero not because of some poor decisions she had made, but because of the way she was handling them. Linda always stayed positive and with all she was going through still worked hard to finish school and receive her diploma. I expressed how much I admired her through my writing and when i finished writing the biography I made a cover and decorated it. When we were done with the project we were told to give it to the person; she cried when she read it. I could see how much it meant to her and it made me feel great. This experience made me realize how powerful writing can be. My latest experience of literacy is my journey in beginning to read the bible. I would like to read the bible from front to back one day. Many books that I have been reading lately are related to God and make biblical references; two of my favorites include: The Purpose Driven Life by Rick Warren and Joshua by Joseph F. Girzone.