"Who I Am"

Hi there! My name is Jessica Miller.  I am from Roseville, CA but was born in Sacramento.  I currently live in Chino Hills right now.  I transferred from my preschool job to their sister preschool.  I was in a long distance relationship for about 6 months and finally decided to make the move to be with him.  So we are living down here now and both working and going to school.  I am loving SoCal, it is very beautiful.  I currently work in Upland, CA.  That is about a half an hour away from Chino Hills, so luckily its not a terrible drive to make every morning!  

My family is the MOST important thing to me!!  My family, friends and my boyfriend are my entire life.  They make me want to work hard, and go to school and become something they know I would be amazing at and enjoy every day of my life.  

I feel that teachers need to nurture and provide a safe and caring environment for the children in their care.  They need to act as if they are one of their own children.  That loving and caring environment is so very important for young children.  

I would say that I am very trustworthy, responsible, and caring.  Working with children is perfect for me.  :) I define myself as an every day person.  I love sports and music and movies.  I grew up around children and really grew to care and love them for who they are and wanted to help in their growth.  My father is a police officer, so I really saw a strong, responsible, yet loving man each and every day of my life.  I wanted to be more and more like him.  And I have a sweet and completely generous mother.  She is the most unselfish person I have every known.   If I was just a bit of her and my dad I knew I could make it in life in whatever I wanted to do.  I sadly do not have children of my own yet, but someday! :) I have one brother who has two beautiful girls.  One is almost six and the other id almost three.  They are so precious and sweet and fun!  I miss them so much!  Living down here makes it hard to stay close and see them all the time and watch them grow so it is incredibly hard for me! :(

I do currently work with children.  I have almost seven years of experience working in a preschool/daycare setting.  And I was a nanny for a few years during, as well as a gymnastics coach and volleyball coach.  Needless to say anything with kids and being able to teach and care for them is what I have always done!

I LOVE SPORTS!  I play currently play soccer, play and coach volleyball, and play basketball.  I love going to movies, country music is amazing and so uplifting and also Christian music.  I start and end my day listening to Air1!  

This class seems like it will be veeeeery helpful in every day occurrences.  There are so many different people and religions and ethnicities in this world and you really do have to be aware of all of them and be accepting to be able to be a teacher, or Director or anything where you have to work with others!  In every job even, there may be a time you come across someone who is different than you and you need to understand and know how to treat them and act.  

I really hope you enjoyed getting to know a lot about me and I am excited to learn more about you all!  Good luck! 

Love,Jessi