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Pamela Hamman<\/strong> was born and raised in Oklahoma and has always had a love for learning. She enjoys reading, exploring new places, and gaining new perspectives. Hamman attended the University of Oklahoma for her undergraduate studies and earned a master\u2019s degree in education from East Central University. She is married to her high school sweetheart, and has two children and two grandchildren. Family is a big part of Hamman’s life, and they continue to be a source of joy and inspiration. She has worked in education for over twenty years and still find excitement in what she does. Every day brings new opportunities to learn—often from her students. She spent her entire teaching career in middle school, and when she\u00a0 first started, someone said, \u201cYou\u2019ll either love it or hate it.\u201d She can honestly say she does not hate it! Throughout the years, she has taught a variety of subjects including Civics, World Geography, Western and Eastern Hemisphere Geography, World History, American History, and Current Events. She has also coached high school swim. Her time at Prague Public Schools has been incredibly rewarding\u2014the supportive community and strong connections make it a great place to work. Outside the classroom, she loves working outdoors, traveling, and meeting new people. Hamman is a big fan of live music and tries to attend as many concerts as possible. She also has a deep interest in American History. She had the honor of seeing three U.S. Presidents in person, and is proud to say there\u2019s even an Olympian in my family!<\/p>\nSummary The audience will be presented with a short history of the pecan nut. A slide show will follow the history of the pecan, touching on the Native Americans who […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":21759,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_tribe_events_status":"","_tribe_events_status_reason":"","_tribe_events_is_hybrid":"","_tribe_events_is_virtual":"","_tribe_events_virtual_video_source":"","_tribe_events_virtual_embed_video":"","_tribe_events_virtual_linked_button_text":"","_tribe_events_virtual_linked_button":"","_tribe_events_virtual_show_embed_at":"","_tribe_events_virtual_show_embed_to":[],"_tribe_events_virtual_show_on_event":"","_tribe_events_virtual_show_on_views":"","_tribe_events_virtual_url":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"tags":[89,116],"tribe_events_cat":[107],"class_list":["post-21996","tribe_events","type-tribe_events","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-annual-conference","tag-saturday-afternoon-session","tribe_events_cat-conference-sessions","cat_conference-sessions"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncge.org\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events\/21996","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncge.org\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncge.org\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/tribe_events"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncge.org\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncge.org\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events\/21996\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21999,"href":"https:\/\/ncge.org\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events\/21996\/revisions\/21999"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncge.org\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21759"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncge.org\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21996"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncge.org\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21996"},{"taxonomy":"tribe_events_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncge.org\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events_cat?post=21996"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"\"](\"https:\/\/ncge.org\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Waltz_Lousondra-300x300.jpg\")
Lousondra Waltz<\/strong> is from Oklahoma City, Oklahoma where she grew up.\u00a0 Waltz graduated from Oklahoma State University with a Bachelor of Arts in History (Go Pokes). She has two sons who graduated from the University of Oklahoma (Go Sooners), they are both happily married but no grandchildren yet.\u00a0 Waltz has been teaching for 28 years in public schools in Oklahoma, both in high school and middle school. She has taught US History, World History, World Geography, US Government, and Western Hemisphere Geography.\u00a0 She loves teaching, traveling, National Parks, history, dogs, and my family.\u00a0 She has greatly enjoyed meeting teachers from all over the country and learning from others.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"