Biography

Hello everyone! My name is Jessica LaPlaga and I am an honors student at Longwood University. I am a Liberal Studies major and I want to be an elementary school teacher after college. Specifically, I would like to teach grade levels K-3. I am currently substituting in Hanover county and this is where I hope to work after student teaching. My years at Longwood were full of amazing new experiences and memories. Longwood taught me a lot about myself and what I want my future to look like. I have grown more passionate about my future career goals and have loved my experience in the honors community. The honors classes I have taken  have definitely been my favorite courses and I appreciate all that the honors college has given me throughout me years here at Longwood. Check out my portfolio to get a more detailed look at me and the courses I have taken that have helped develop me into the person I am today.