Mrs.  Maldonado has been working at Pulaski International School of Chicago as the PreKindergarten Teacher in room 105 for the past ten years. She received her baccalaurate degree in Early Childhood at National Louis University. She is now pursuing her masters at Concordia University. She will graduate in the summer of 2012 with an ESL Strand of Master of Arts in Curriculum & Instruction with an endorsement in Bilingual Education. This past summer she completed a 41 hours training seminar in Gifted Education which would help her identify and work with gifted children. She enjoys riding her motorcycle, swimming, and camping with her family.  She has an open door policy and welcomes her prekindergarten  families  to volunteer. Her passion is working with young children.