The Concordia community is like nothing I’ve ever been a part of. People wave and hold open doors for each other. The professors pray before every class. During the summer of 2020, the faculty and staff worked so hard for it to be possible for everyone to come back because everyone wanted to be back.
“The Concordia community is like nothing I’ve ever been a part of. People wave and hold open doors for each other. The professors pray before every class. During the summer of 2020, the faculty and staff worked so hard for it to be possible for everyone to come back because everyone wanted to be back.”
With a response as wholehearted as this, some may be shocked to find that initially, Concordia was not even on Michaela Twito’s radar. “I knew absolutely nothing about this school. I looked at other Christian schools in the Midwest, but there was always something missing. When I visited Concordia, there was just something so special about it.”
Soccer was always a clear factor for Michaela, but her major was not. “My freshman year, when people would ask me what I was majoring in, I would say, ‘Undecided, with a minor in Spanish.’” Throughout the course of her decision making, Michaela found support in the people around her. “Having the ability to seek guidance from my professors, my advisors, and even the former president of the university, was so incredibly helpful.”
Michaela decided to pursue a secondary education major with her emphasis in Spanish and a minor in English as a Second Language. “Secondary ed is definitely the right place for me. I love kids, and I love the new challenges teaching brings each day. I know I’ll be ready for these challenges because the professors are so knowledgeable, and they have such high expectations for us.”
Michaela’s goal is to carry the lessons of grace and outreach she learned at Concordia into her classroom, which she hopes will eventually be at a public school. “There’s that verse in Matthew that says, ‘Go and make disciples of all nations.’ If a student can see my love and want to know where it comes from in a place where God isn’t necessarily promoted, that would just be more than I could ever ask for.”