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I was born Katherine Therese Vermeulen
in Queens NY on April 22, 1954, I attended Corpus Christi School and took the name Cecilia on my confirmation.
I graduated from Mater Christi High School in June of 1972 with an academic diploma and a Regents Scholarship.
I was inspired by my mother, Cecilia,
to become a teacher and majored in Special Education. It was a time when young people wanted to change the world
and I wanted to help severely handicapped people who had been hidden in institutions for decades.
I have a Bachelor's degree from State
University College at Buffalo, a Masters from Hunter College, CUNY, 60 post graduate credits from Teachers College, Columbia
and add on certification from East Carolina University.
I married Oscar Eatmon, Jr. on September
15, 2000. We lived on 1.21 acres of land on Big Branch Creek in Raleigh with a menagerie of 3 beagles, 2 cats
and 2 kittens. Oscar passed away from a massive brain aneurysm on May 16 2005.
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Not just a job
my calling!
I have been the teacher in the Multihandicapped class at Brassfield
Road Elementary School for the past 8 years. I love my work and enjoy being a valued member of the Brassfield Family.
Mrs. Esther Richardson has been my right hand woman for 11 years! I achieved National Board Certification in 2000.
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I have lived several places.
I grew up in Woodside, NY. I moved to Buffalo, NY to attend college and was there 6 years, from 1972 -1978.
I then went back to New York and lived in Manhattan on W. 88th Street, First Avenue, and East 5th Street from 1978 -
1993. Rachel was born in 1985 and Little Oscar in 1993. We moved to Raleigh in 1993.
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