My name is Phebe Ditata and this is my first year teaching at Discovery Language Academy. I have worked in the education field for 38 years as a Conversational Portuguese teacher to adults at Greater New Bedford Regional Vocational High School and as an ELL teacher at elementary and high school levels.  I was born in  Sao Miguel, Azores. Came to the United States in 1966 attended the  Dartmouth school system. Graduated from The University of Massachusetts Dartmouth in 1980 with a Bachelor’s degree in Portuguese.