A conversation with Rebecka Peterson
Rebecka Peterson, the 2023 National Teacher of the Year, is an immigrant to the U.S., the daughter of Swedish and Iranian medical missionaries. Born in Sweden, Peterson moved with her family to Oklahoma when she was in preschool, but they traveled extensively during her childhood. They returned to Oklahoma permanently during Peterson’s high school years, where she was home-schooled. She took community college math classes and majored in mathematics in college. She then taught college courses, and her professor encouraged her to try teaching high school.
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