Mrs. Downey is an 8th grade Spanish teacher (Language Acquisition) at Coastal Middle School in Savannah, GA an IB MYP World School. She grew up in Spain, spending her childhood in Madrid, Malága, Murcia, and Ibiza. On the weekends she enjoyed visiting Morocco. She moved to the United States in 1993. Mrs. Downey studied in Sewanee, the University of the South and received her BA in Spanish from Armstrong Atlantic State University. She has been teaching Spanish at CMS for the last nine years. Mrs. Downey has also held the positions of assistant coach for tennis and head coach for cross country at Coastal. Mrs. Downey is enjoying raising her three year old son in Savannah.
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