Welcome to Let's Chat with Lucy! I am Lucy Cerpa, a Junior at Florida State University studying Special Education with a Child Development minor. The Special Ed program is actually going to allow me to graduate in a total of five years with two degrees (a bachelors and masters- how cool!). I was born and raised in Jacksonville, FL, and, yes, I have a lot of pride in that so... DUUUVVAAALLL!! I have one older brother who is 22 and in the Army where he is currently stationed in Oklahoma. Ethnically, I am half Colombian and half Puerto Rican (the best combo) and actually learned Spanish as my first language!! All my extended family resides in New Jersey and I think that is where my love for the cold weather comes from even though I am from Florida. So, plan on catching me somewhere a little more Northern after I graduate in three years ;)

Now, when it comes to my prior knowledge with technology, I obviously grew up in an up and coming era of technological advances. My parents were very adamant in not having my brother and I on technology though and I could not be more glad for that. Because of that I feel as if I can be a grandma and not be up to date with he newest apps and whatnot, but I wouldn't have it any other way. I did not get my own personal laptop until I got to college by using my high school graduation money to buy my own MacBook Air. I did attend a private Catholic high school though and we were each issued an iPad for all four years. A majority of my textbooks were on there so I was pretty technologically knowledgeable during that time. Now. I try and stay off of social media as much as possible, but I do have and love all the popular apps such as Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook (although some may argue that is for "old people", I love it).

Out of this class I want to see how I can incorporate technology in a classroom as I want to be a teacher. Since I want to be a Special Ed teacher I also think it would be super neat to find technology that can aid my future students in the ways that they need. I think technology has become something way bigger than most would have expected, and it has its cons, but I believe there are many pros that I am so excited to explore and incorporate into my future.