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Derrick Brown
After a successful career in banking, Derrick Brown decided he wanted to transition to secondary education in his mid-forties. Along with his wife, he planned a one-year sabbatical in Mexico with his wife and three daughters to teach English, with hopes that one year of ESL teaching in a classroom in Guanajuato would prepare him for teaching back home in the USA.
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Teaching English in Guanajuato, Mexico: Q&A with Derrick Brown
ITA alumnus, Derrick Brown, talks about his one-year sabbatical with his wife and three daughters, teaching English in Guanajuato, Mexico.
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