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Sun series: A Filipino teacher in Baltimore

Aileen Mercado

After introducing herself to the pupils in Sonia Whitaker's class at Highlandtown Middle School, special-education teacher Aileen Mercado talks to them about her home in the Philippines and where it is. (Sun photo by Christopher T. Assaf / October 12, 2005)

A Sun series chronicling the experiences of Aileen Mercado, who left her husband and three young children in the Philippines to teach special education classes in one of Baltimore's toughest schools.

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