Mr. Cruz has played a major role in my daughters education. He has had tremendous amount of patience with her. The pandemic of 2020 set her back a lot due to schools closing down and not having that interaction with teachers and the rest of her classmates. He has helped her catch up in the areas she was lacking. He makes her feel comfortable in his class as she tells me that he not only is a teacher but a friend to the her and the rest of the class. He always reaches out when she needs to be pushed to finish work so she doesn’t fall behind. Thank you Mr. Cruz for being influential in her last years of middle school.