12/13/2018 04:38:56 PMGraduating senior Asmara Mengisteab comes from a long line of Coogs. Although she started college at the The University of Texas at San Antonio, she found her way to the University of Houston College of Education and hasn’t looked back.
Mengisteab, a teaching major, thanked professor Suzanne DaVanon for helping her fall in love with literacy and language arts. DaVanon challenges her students to read plenty of literature and teaches them how to assess their students’ reading, she said. Professor Justin Burris also made an impact by helping her learn new ways to teach math to elementary students, she said. He explained the importance of having a growth mindset and developing relationships with students.