Courtesy of Kimberly Gallina
- Kimberly Gallina met her husband, Jim, at a school in Queens where she was a student teacher.
- They prioritized maintaining professional boundaries at work while nurturing their relationship.
- Once their family grew to five, Jim switched jobs and they stopped working together.
This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Kimberly Gallina, a 35-year-old high school teacher in Peekskill, New York. The following has been edited for length and clarity.
I was student teaching sixth-grade English in Jamaica, Queens when I met Jim. He was a first-year teacher, too.