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bluapple Poetry Network Teaching Artist
Valeria Smyth is a writer who wants to help others find their passion for poetry as she did. A longtime Florida resident, as well as a proud Costa Rican, Val is a social studies teacher and teaching artist. In both roles, she hopes to make the world a better place.