My name is Mina Pasquale.  I presently teach Spanish for grades 4-8 and Art for grades 6-8. 

 I began working at St. Anne’s in 1989 as one of the fourth grade teachers.  My second and third year I moved into sixth grade.  My daughter was born the following school year, at which time I decided to take a year off.  I have been working part-time ever since. 

 I received a Bachelor’s Degree in Spanish and Italian Language and Literature, with a minor in Latin American Studies from the University of Pittsburgh.  I really intended to be an interpreter or do business/literature translations until one of my Italian professors asked me to consider being a teaching assistant and enrolling in the Italian Masters Program.  So, I did.  That is where I began to love teaching, and so it is because of this wonderful professor that I chose to continue on this path.  Upon completion of the masters program, I returned to Pitt and got an Elementary Education Certification. 

 In today’s world foreign language learning is becoming increasingly important.  I am very fortunate to have the opportunity to share my love of language and art with the students.