- Josh Delgado ’15 is reviewing classwork with a student from his Honors Algebra II class.
- Lauren Delgado ’16 working with a student in her English I class, while Holy Cross student Sanaea Simmons ’24 observes.
- Gordon Burnett ’12 is talking through an experiment with a student in his Advanced Placement Chemistry class.
- Hannah Trueman ’19 is part of a growing number of Holy Cross Teacher Education Program (TEP) graduates who are staying in the city to teach in Worcester middle or high schools.
Josué “Josh” Delgado ’15 and Lauren Delgado ’16, who married in 2020, not only met thanks to Holy Cross’ Teacher Education Program (TEP), but also discovered a love of teaching and Worcester. Lauren’s voice catches as she recounts the moment while student teaching when she knew her calling was to stay and teach in the city: “I was talking with some of my middle school students about their passions and [high school plans], and I just remember thinking, ‘I have to be here to see them grow.'”