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Senior Andrea Peruzzi
hopes to continue working
with autistic children
BY EMILY CHARRIER
DAILY EMERALD FREELANCE REPORTER
. few hours after Andrea Peruzzi
was patiently working with
JL JLautistic children, teaching them
the simple tasks many people take for
granted, she returned to her small gray
house on Polk Street, which contains a
collection of mismatched furniture —
a yellow couch here and a particle
board desk there. In a few months all
the possessions will head to storage,
local thrift stores or the trash.
Peruzzi, 24, will graduate from the
University this spring with a major in
sociology. She is applying to teach
English in South Korea next fall for
the Teach Corps, an organization that
places people in foreign countries to
teach English at schools and private
institutions. Eventually, Peruzzi
hopes to teach special education in
America and possibly continue her
work with autism.
“Since I want to be a teacher I can
get that teaching experience and real
ly find out if that’s what I want to do,”
she said.
Like most college students, Peruzzi
didn’t always know what she wanted
to do with her life. After high school
she spent five months biking through
Europe and found she loved traveling
and experiencing other cultures.
Still, it wasn’t until a family
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Senior sociology
major Andrea
Peruzzi is going
to teach English
in Korea after
graduation.
tragedy that her life plan began to un
fold: Her nephew, at age 3, was diag
nosed with autism.
Peruzzi’s family was in Philadelphia
while she was thousands of miles
away in Oregon. There was little she
could do.
“I felt so guilty I couldn’t help my
sister. I thought if I could help another
kid maybe it would make up for the
fact that I couldn’t help my nephew,”
Peruzzi said.
She began to volunteer at Bridge
way House, a nonprofit organization
that works with autistic children and
adults and offers classes and enrich
ment programs for their families. Soon
after she began volunteering, some of
the parents hired her to work with
their children at home. She found the
work rewarding and soon decided to
pursue a career in special education.
Most recently, the soon-to-be gradu
ate began looking for jobs in either
teaching or social work. She found
nothing of interest. Some friends she
had made while traveling told her they
had saved a lot of money by teaching
English in Asia, and it sparked her cu
riosity. After some research, she settled
on Teach Corps because of its numer
ous benefits.
“I’ve never been to Asia, and I just
feel like it’s a good time to take that op
portunity,” she said.
Teach Corps places accepted appli
cants with a bachelor’s degree in coun
tries that are looking for English teach
ers. Usually the countries are in Asia,
such as Japan, China or Thailand. Pe
ruzzi decided on Seoul, South Korea,
because it offers the most benefits. The
program will pay for her rent and
health coverage. She will be making
between $1,400 to $1,600 per month,
but her monthly expenses are only es
timated at between $400 to $500.
After South Korea she will pursue
her interest in teaching special educa
tion. For the time being, her future ca
reer with Teach Corps will help train
her in that area.
“I want to save money to then go
and become a teacher,” she said.
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Master of Fine Arts Graduate Exhibition
Through June 26, 2005
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