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Mark Salvatore, a resident of Harlingen, teaches in Brownsville, Texas. Mark, originally from New York, raised in California, and educated, in part, in New Mexico, began his teaching career in Paraguay, South America, shortly after completing his Peace Corps Service. Mark moved to the Lower Rio Grande Valley where he worked as a technical writer for a few years before returning to teaching. Mark has worked as a land surveyor, drafter, and hydrographer. He enjoys writing, reading history and historical fiction, automobile travel and camping with his family, swimming, bicycling, and attending soccer games.