Olivia Sweet introduction

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Hello! My name is Olivia Sweet. I am an ESL ELA teacher at DelSesto middle school, a public school in Providence. I just completed the TESOL program at RIC and I graduated with a degree in English and in Education in 2019 from URI. My summer is going very well so far- I put an offer in on a condo in Warwick and it got accepted today. I am very excited to have my own condo. In my free time, I work at a restaurant in Warwick, serving seafood. I love teaching middle school in Providence and I love my two cats: Layla and Leo.

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