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Shakemia Lester always knew she wanted to work with children.

She just didn’t always know that meant becoming a teacher.

Growing up surrounded by nieces and nephews and with a mother who loved children, Lester initially imagined opening her own daycare center. She enrolled at Central Georgia Technical College with that goal in mind.

Then came an internship in a pre-K classroom. “I instantly knew, no, I want to teach,” Lester said.