Sherin excelled academically, and
eventually chose MIT over Duke, opting
for its engineering college. Despite the
completion of his chemical engineering
degree.
MIT graduates have bountiful oppor-
turning in a different direction. Upon
found himself at the front of the room
position at a school in Boston’s Roxbury
a dozen 1st graders primarily spoke
taking a foreign language at MIT, Sherin
leaned on his four years of Spanish at
Jesuit, crediting former AP teacher Frank
Llende
students.
As his tenure in Roxbury ended,
an amazing opportunity emerged. It
education from the University of Mary-
student-teacher for Baltimore County.
chemical engineering degree from MIT
education.
-
grade. There, he also met one of his
life’s mentors, Dr. Donyall Dickey,
Dickey there.
Sherin, but also one of his professors.
While continuing to teach at Murray
Hill, Sherin earned his principal’s certi-
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