Thank you God! My father and guide. Thank you for your protection, your love, justice, and numerous blessings.  Thank you for giving me hope, and gently guiding me where I can have a unique influence in the lives of others.  All that I am is just because of you!

Giovanni, my faithful companion, and husband.  Thank you for your spiritual support and helping hand.  Thank you for encouraging me to better myself, and helping me achieve my goals.  Thank you for giving me words of hope!  Thank you for helping me develop a courageous spirit, to be unattached to comfort zones, therefore being able to realize my potential.  Thank you for being a true representation of the measure of a man.  This achievement is ours!  I love you with all my heart!

Angelica, my mother, my best friend, advisor and deepest confidant.  Thank you for allowing me to look at myself in the mirror of your life, so that I could adjust and change mine.  Thank you for sharing with me the wisdom you acquired through years of suffering.  Thank you for your unconditional love.  I love you!

Zoe, my loyal little girl.  Thank you for patiently waiting for mommy.  Now, we will have more time to play together!  One day you will understand that everything I do is for you.

Roberto, my funny little prince!  Thank you for filling my life with joy and laughter, during the times I needed it the most!

Dr. Karen Kaminski, my leader, my guide.  Thank you for your academic support, and being a cheerleader who rooted for me all the way to the finish line! 

Dr. Jeffrey Foley, Thank you for being there to help me when I needed you.   Every time I finished speaking to you on the phone, I breathed a sigh of relief!   Thank you for gently challenging me to do my best work! 

Jacqueline M. McGinty, Thank you for your “listening ear.”  Thank you for your support, and extra time when I needed it the most!

To all my classmates - my teachers.  You are too many to mention, but all of you know who you are!  I thank all of you from the bottom of my heart, because without the dynamic exchanges you provided, and sharing your work and life experiences with me, my learning would have not been possible!  Thank you for making it fun, and engaging.  Thank you for all of those who agreed with me on all the topics discussed, but even more thanks to those who disagreed!  Both of you helped me see Education from different perspectives and points of view!  Many blessing to all of you!

Lovingly,

Ana Victoria