College Years and After
Having excelled in all academic subjects Meneses received a four year scholarship to Wesleyan University in Middletown, Connecticut. At Wesleyan University, Meneses Jacobs majored in Government with an emphasis in International Relations. Meneses began her career as a second grade elementary school teacher in Los Angeles after graduating from Wesleyan. In 2001, Meneses received a Master of Arts degree in Education, and in 2005 she received her Reading Specialist Certification. She was a bilingual teacher for several years in Los Angeles before the program was eliminated by a state wide proposition. Meneses moved to Arizona in 2002.
In 2007, Meneses was awarded $5,000 as one of 10 honorees of the Anna Maria Arias Memorial Business Fund. The Anna Maria Arias Memorial Business Fund recognizes entrepreneurial Latinas.
Meneses is President of NicaGal, LLC. She continues to work as an educator, she currently teaches 1st grade in Phoenix, Arizona. She is a supporter of bilingualism.
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