Moreno, Sarah
Moreno, Sarah
Module # 500
While growing up, I never considered becoming a teacher. My family always told me that
I should look into teaching and that this is was Gods plan for me. But as a stubborn child I never
listened to them and attempted to take make my own path for myself. As I was completing my
undergraduate degree, I never considered going into graduate school for my credential. I have
been teaching in many capacities for over ten years. Ive taught swimming lessons was a
preschool teacher and tutored multiple students in various subjects. Each of these opportunities
has shaped me into the person I am today. Yet there was one single event that led me to the
teaching profession.
The first semester of my senior year at Whittier College was filled with change and
excitement. I was preparing to graduate and enter what I thought was my career path. I had spent
four years creating and designing my own major in Child Advocacy and Social Justice and
thought I knew exactly what I wanted to do. But God always had a different plan for me. I on the
other hand, feverously went after becoming an adoption and foster agent. I believed that this was
what God wanted me to do and so I sought out and internship with an agency. This was the start
Working at an Adoption and Foster Care agency was a shock for me. I was pushed into
positions that I was not mentally and spiritually ready for. I began monitoring and reading the
case files of children and my heart broke with each word. I struggled to separate my heart from
the job but failed to do so. I came across heart wrenching situations and realized that this was not
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the career for me. I became very discouraged and unsure of my life choices. I had recently
applied to a Masters in Social Work program and was nervous that I would either be accepted
and hate it or be denied and be without a plan. By the time I reached graduation, I had finished
my contracted year at the agency and was waiting on new regarding graduate school. I was so
torn as to what I would do if I didnt get accepted and I realized that I had not seeked Gods
It was May when I started to pray for guidance from God. I left my future in His hands.
As my friends where graduating with promised full time dream jobs, I was working a minimum
wage job with no future plans of growth. I woke up one morning and discovered an email
regarding graduate school; I was not accepted into my program. A feeling of relief and utter
confusion rushed over me. What was I going to do now God? was all I could say. My parents
told me to continue praying and open my heart and mind to God and His path will be revealed to
me.
Fast forward, I ran into my second grade teacher, I was so excited to see her. She started
asking me about life and I opened up to her about my last year and how I was feeling. She
looked and me and said, I would of thought youd be a teacher by now. And thats when it hit
me. The one career I pushed away, was the path that God had planned for me my entire life. He
had placed me in teaching situations from the day my parents decided to enter the missions field,
to my father becoming a pastor at church, to entering high school and college and leading the
Christian clubs there. God provided me with teaching jobs and moments to teaching at random
times. Everything fell into place and I knew this was what I should be pursing along side God.
I started looking into credential and masters programs and came across Vanguards program. I
contacted the school in late July. I assumed I would be sent some information and told to apply
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for the spring, but to my surprise they opened the application and told me to apply for the Fall of
2016. I prayed and jumped feet first. I managed to complete the application in two days. I was
interviewed and accepted the second week of August. The entire process was a whirlwind of
excitement, anxiety and a littler nerves but I knew this was where God wanted me. I am now
completely devoted to fulfilling the plan God has for me, and dutifully seeking Him each step of
the way.