CATE Alum Spotlight
CATE Alum Spotlight
CATE Alum Spotlight
September 2025 — Samantha Minafo
Samantha Minafo ('23) is a Health and Physical Education graduate who works at Franklinville High School as a Health & Physical Education Teacher and Coach.
Minafo shares how incredible it feels to help students have a lightbulb moment when they've grasped a concept: "Becoming a teacher has been the most fulfilling and challenging experience. Some days might be a little hard, but when you are teaching new skills and you finally see it 'click' with a student, that feeling is indescribable!"
May 2025 — Robert Stashek
Robert Stashek ('24) is a Health and Physical Education graduate who works and coaches at Somerville High School.
Stashek shares his advice for current and prospective educators: "Your lesson is not always going to be perfect, and that’s fine. You’re lessons are not going to go as smoothly as the ones you take in your teaching concepts class. In those classes, there are no issues or even students to take you away from a perfect lesson. That is okay, though. It’s an aspect of teaching based on how you adapt!"