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| [00:00.00] | Gabriela Mistral was once an ordinary teacher in a |
| [00:04.85] | small village school in Northern Chile. Towering |
| [00:08.18] | mountains separate her village from the world outside. |
| [00:11.56] | Gabriela Mistral was only 15 when she began teaching, |
| [00:16.44] | but she was a good teacher. She helped the minds of |
| [00:19.97] | her students' scale the mountain walls and reached |
| [00:23.10] | out to the world beyond. For 18 years, Gabriela |
| [00:26.07] | devoted her life to the poor farm children of |
| [00:30.69] | Chile's Northern valleys. During part of this time |
| [00:33.97] | , she was director of schools in all of Chile. |
| [00:36.94] | Before long, many countries recognized her as a great |
| [00:41.52] | friend of children and the leader in education. |
| [00:44.13] | In 1922, she was invited to Mexico to help organize the |
| [00:49.78] | rural school system. Two years later, Gabriela Mistral |
| [00:54.00] | came to the United States where she served as a |
| [00:57.98] | visiting professor in several colleges. |
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