34 min
Episode 5 On being a hospital homebound teacher, astrologist, and Ph.D. student, Yolanda Montoya de Ruiz Mi SWFL Gente PODCAST
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In this episode, we talked with Yolanda Montoya de Ruiz. Originally from Peru, Yolanda has lived more than 30 years in Southwest Florida. This episode is bilingual about 80% English and 20% Spanish. Yolanda, who is a special needs teacher, described the joys and challenges of her current positions a hospital homebound teacher, her future goal of becoming an assistant principal in the future and how she is also completing her Ph.D.
In our conversation, Yolanda described herself as an astrologist, who make her own astral cards and read the tarot cards as a hobby. She also shared with us how she is exercising doing weights and growing her own food in her garden with her husband. She is growing several fruits such as pineapple, papaya, avocado, mango, banana, and mamoncillo, also known as Spanish Lime or Quenepa, they are related and similar to lychee, but they are a different fruit. At the time of the interview I thought she was talking about lychee. In the notes for the episode you will find a video about the fruit and also a link to Miami Fruit, where you can buy a box of mamoncillo and other fruits if you are interested.
Yolanda also shared with us the challenges that she experienced during the pandemic, teaching her students who are at the hospital or homebound and explained how happy her students were every time she had a session with them. She also shared with us that she is currently experiencing a difficult time in her life as takes care of her father who has dementia. And although she tries to keep herself positive, there also times that she feels emotional burnout.
At the end of the episode, Yolanda shared some positive messages for the listeners and talked about her experience as a teen mom and why she recommended breastfeeding, which she called a passport to good health.
Recommendations:
Barefoot Beach Preserve (Naples) https://www.colliercountyfl.gov/your-government/divisions-f-r/parks-and-recreation/beaches-and-boats/barefoot-beach-preserve-county-park
Mamoncillo Fruit:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SnX3rxrTgPk
https://miamifruit.org/products/mamoncillo-guinep-box
Follow Yolanda Ruiz
Facebook- https://www.facebook.com/yolanda.m.ruiz1
Instagram- https://www.instagram.com/pi314yolanda/
Follow Mi SWFL Gente on all things social:
Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/miSWFLgentepodcast/
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In this episode, we talked with Yolanda Montoya de Ruiz. Originally from Peru, Yolanda has lived more than 30 years in Southwest Florida. This episode is bilingual about 80% English and 20% Spanish. Yolanda, who is a special needs teacher, described the joys and challenges of her current positions a hospital homebound teacher, her future goal of becoming an assistant principal in the future and how she is also completing her Ph.D.
In our conversation, Yolanda described herself as an astrologist, who make her own astral cards and read the tarot cards as a hobby. She also shared with us how she is exercising doing weights and growing her own food in her garden with her husband. She is growing several fruits such as pineapple, papaya, avocado, mango, banana, and mamoncillo, also known as Spanish Lime or Quenepa, they are related and similar to lychee, but they are a different fruit. At the time of the interview I thought she was talking about lychee. In the notes for the episode you will find a video about the fruit and also a link to Miami Fruit, where you can buy a box of mamoncillo and other fruits if you are interested.
Yolanda also shared with us the challenges that she experienced during the pandemic, teaching her students who are at the hospital or homebound and explained how happy her students were every time she had a session with them. She also shared with us that she is currently experiencing a difficult time in her life as takes care of her father who has dementia. And although she tries to keep herself positive, there also times that she feels emotional burnout.
At the end of the episode, Yolanda shared some positive messages for the listeners and talked about her experience as a teen mom and why she recommended breastfeeding, which she called a passport to good health.
Recommendations:
Barefoot Beach Preserve (Naples) https://www.colliercountyfl.gov/your-government/divisions-f-r/parks-and-recreation/beaches-and-boats/barefoot-beach-preserve-county-park
Mamoncillo Fruit:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SnX3rxrTgPk
https://miamifruit.org/products/mamoncillo-guinep-box
Follow Yolanda Ruiz
Facebook- https://www.facebook.com/yolanda.m.ruiz1
Instagram- https://www.instagram.com/pi314yolanda/
Follow Mi SWFL Gente on all things social:
Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/miSWFLgentepodcast/
Instagram- www.instagram.com/miswflgentepodcast/
34 min