From Costa Rica to Milwaukee - Mrs. Cristina Edgar

By Shaina Dupar (senior)

Mrs. Cristina Edgar is a new Spanish teacher here at Messmer. She was born in Costa Rica and moved here to Milwaukee about 20 years ago.

Costa Rica is in Central America, located North of Panama and South of Nicaragua. She has visited five places outside the United States including Panama, Guatemala, Mexico, Columbia, and San Andres Island. She somewhat stumbled upon the ad for a teaching position at Messemer High School with intentions to inquire about the job. Unfortunately, she lost the ad and did not find it for another five days! Lucky for us called and scheduled interview, and the next day after the interview she got the job. She says that she believes God landed her this job for reasoning beyond just teaching.

Mrs. Edgar has been teaching for over five years now and has had experience-teaching students with special needs and at risk students in Wauwatosa. She has also taught Spanish to college students and was a teacher for Milwaukee public Schools.

“I love Messmer. I feel welcomed here, and the staff and students are great. My job is not only teaching, it’s about life skills, and I learn from my students as they learn from me.”

Edgar has two children: Albert who is a seventeen-year-old junior in high school and David who is just eleven. Mrs. Edgar chose Milwaukee over any other city because her husband’s family lives here, and she feels that it is a great place for her children to live.