Fighting towards defeating adversity in her student's community and helping them pave a way towards their success, Vicky Walkinshaw an ELL teacher in Nooksack Valley High School is an excellent example of how someone can impact their students life in a positive way. And with D.A.C.A reaching new depths of what could happen to thousands of students she gives her expert opinion on the controversial topic.

Viveca Piñero now known was Vicky Walkinshaw was born in Santiago de Cuba on November 31, in the 1950's. She was raised by her parents in a small house where she lived for the first five years of her life. Her mother, a teacher, educating students in first grade in a small one-roomed building helping students with low resources where the family