Victoria “Tory” Gaba, who obtained her Teaching Credential through Touro University California’s Graduate School of Education before completed her Master’s in Education degree at Touro in 2016, knew early on that her “first love” was childhood education. But it was years before she taught in a public-school classroom. She worked along the way in the hospitality sector and in high-end retail before becoming a credentialed teacher and leader with Montessori Schools. She made the jump to public schools and is a kindergarten teacher in the Fairfield-Suisun Unified School District, leveraging her private-sector and Montessori experience for the benefit of her young charges.