My parents named me after traditional family names. A first-grade teacher changed my name so it'd be easier to say in English. I still go by that name because it's now part of my identity. Whenever I ...

This story is part of CNBC Make It's Millennial Money series, which details how people around the world earn, spend and save their money. When Maddie Baker told her mom she wanted to be a teacher, her ...

A former student has now, decades later, closed a rare circle by working as a teacher in the same Lakota school as her first-grade teacher who first inspired her to pursue a career as a classroom ...