Kimberly Gallina met her husband, Jim, at a school in Queens where she was a student teacher.
AdvertisementThis as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Kimberly Gallina, a 35-year-old high school teacher in Peekskill, New York.
Before teaching eighth-grade biology, Jim worked in the restaurant industry for 10 years, at a tire shop, on a boat, and even a short stint as a flight attendant.
AdvertisementTeaching can be all-consuming — you can work until midnight and never be done — and Jim and I wanted our home and work lives to be separate.
AdvertisementI found a new teaching job at a school closer to home.
Persons:
Kimberly Gallina, Jim, —, didn't, seltzer, Jim doesn't, we'd, Kendall Lee
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Locations:
Queens, Peekskill , New York, Jamaica , Queens, Montauk