Tania Breaux Research Paper

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Tania Breaux is a woman who is devoted to uplifting and promoting education among minority youth. Having matriculated at Southern University in Baton Rouge where she earned a Bachelor’s of Art degree in Mass Communication, she took her love of learning and volunteered abroad teaching a native group in Mexico, whose first language is Nauatle, English through speaking a common language of Spanish.

A few years after graduating SUBR, Tania worked as an educator dispensing knowledge about life, learning, and health to high school students in a low- income area. During this time she saw a serious need to enhance and expose the students awareness about the world beyond their town. Tania worked relentlessly fundraising and communicating with surrounding

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