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"I teach because I want to make a difference in my community. The best is yet to come for Port Allen. If education makes a difference here, all other things can change, too."

— Dereka Duncan (LA '22), interview with the Milken Family Foundation at her surprise Milken Educator Award notification at Cohn Elementary in Port Allen

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"I hope [my students] are able to maintain a positive attitude and believe that hard work pays off. I want them to be able to say that Mrs. Wyatt truly cared about us and provided a great learning environment for us to grow and dream. I want them to have fond memories of their time with me and value the fact that I wanted to raise the bar for them because I believed in them that much. I want them to be motivated about doing great things in life and understand that they are essential in helping this world embrace goodness, no matter where their travels take them." — Spotlight: Erin Wyatt (MD '19)

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