Associate Professor Terese Aceves found her professional calling when, as an undergraduate psychology major at UC Berkeley, she participated in an intern program involving pediatric inpatients at a local psychiatric facility.

“These kids were not allowed to have access to books, games, artwork, or toys, even when interns worked in the unit,” Aceves says. “They lived in a mostly sterile and cold environment. Seeing that motivated me to explore how kids with special needs are treated, and what professionals can do to provide them with appropriate supports and educational experiences.”
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Rev. Fr. Camillo Abatanie Bonsuuri is a citizen of Ghana, in West Africa, and has been a Roman Catholic priest for 26 years. During an initial pastoral assignment, Rev. Bonsuuri worked as a “local manager” of Catholic schools in a rural parish.

The assignment brought him face-to-face with difficult situations such as inadequate facilities, insufficient staff, discriminatory policies and outdated materials. He is pursuing his Ed.D from LMU during a sabbatical break from his ministry in order to help initiate educational reform in Ghana.
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Teaching fifth grade at St. Athanasius School in Long Beach, California, has been extremely rewarding. "It's a critical grade because students are not only learning difficult academic material, but they are starting to develop their personalities,” said Sanchez. “This past year, it was amazing to see them change from children to younger adults.”

Sanchez is making changes, too, spending the upcoming school year teaching English in Taiwan ...
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