Her deeply rooted love for nature keeps fuelling her hope tokindle it in the hearts of her young pupils and Maureen Ann Alvares gives ither all when it comes to imparting knowledge to children.
A multifaceted personality, Maureen is also blessed withemotional intelligence that makes her different from the rest. Taking life’scourse the way she wants it to be, Maureen is keen on shaping the future of theyoung budding minds at Loyola High School, Rosary College and Chowgule College.A Portuguese teacher for all ages, she is a voracious reader, a talented writerand an excellent orator “ all in one.
A graduate in English and a post-graduate in Portuguese, shefluent with languages like Latin, French, Hindi, Marathi and Konkani at the tipof her tongue. Maureen has penned an anthology named ‘Musings’, has hosted acolumn called ‘Traditionally Yours’ and has edited a book “ ‘In Search’. She spills her skills while scriptingand directing skits, Christmas pageants and parent’s day programs. Conductingtheatre workshops, workshops for children, seminars and compering social eventsis what she is passionate about. She also participates in English dramas.“English is my first love and Portuguese is my life,” she quips admiring thelanguage she teaches, “The Portuguese language is like dry wine, sharp on thetongue yet smooth, it remains in your soul and heart and is a constant part ofour consciousness. The taste of this language on the tongue is like rich, darkchocolate that lingers long after melting.”
Teaching has been a truly rewarding experience for Maureen.“My students are receptive and that gives me pleasure to instill a thirst forknowledge into their hearts,” Maureen admits.
Her love for nature can be seen by her preservation andcreation of ‘Triveni’ and ‘Plants that cure’, at the Big Foot Green, Loutolim.To spread the message of love for the trees “ children from different schoolswere invited to take part in Friendship day and Raksha Bandhan a westernconcept and Indian ritual which was combined to create environment awarenesswith the caption ““I love my friend the TREE”.
“Learn to respect yourself. Respect others too. Take pridein being an Indian. Social and ecological awareness is important; without whichwe have a damaged society. We have not taught our children to respect therights of people to have a better society where each person believes in dignityof labour and beggars are not looked down upon,” is what she strongly believes.
