About Mrs. Ferreiro

Ferreiro Family

Mrs. Ferreiro on her first day of 2nd Grade in 1984.

My name is Rachel Liberty Ferreiro.  I was born at Women’s Hospital in Las Vegas, NV.  I was raised in Boulder City, NV until my parents decided to move to Green Valley, NV when I was 12 years old.  I graduated Green Valley High School in 1994.  After I graduated I started UNLV and Community College as a Hotel Major.  At the same time I was working front desk at Circus Circus.  My boss and family friend, Gert Pina, told me that the hotel business was not all that I thought it was cracked up to be.  She made me promise that I would finish college and not go into the hotel business.  She was right.  After 2 semesters of hotel classes, I decided it wasn’t for me.

I worked at the Circus Circus front desk for a while, moved over to the Monte Carlo Hotel's front desk to open it and then opened the Paris Hotel as a Concierge.  I had my daughter in 2004 and made a life changing decision to quit work, raise my daughter and get my Bachelor's Degree in Elementary Education.

Once I changed my major to Elementary Education I decided to become a substitute teacher part-time at Tony Alamo Elementary School. I worked with the Literacy Specialist, guest teaching wherever I was needed, and worked in the Resource Room with special education students.  I couldn’t have asked for a better learning experience.  I graduated from UNLV in August 2005.  I was honored to accept the job for the 2005-2006 school year at Tony Alamo ES teaching 2nd grade.  I was even more honored when I found out that I had been chosen to be on the ISP (Inclusion Schools Project) team.  ISP focuses on including special education students in the mainstream classroom.  I worked very closely with the Primary Special Education teacher, Mrs. Bastin.  I can’t say enough about her.  I wouldn’t have made it through the year without her.

We welcomed another little girl in December, 2006.  After much thought, I decided to stay home with my daughters for the 2007-2008 school year.

Now I am back to teaching 2nd grade at Roger D. Gehring Elementary School.   Go Geckos!