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Teacher of the month: Whitlow teacher leans on her own struggles in math to help students

Whitlow Elementary School fifth-grader teacher Nicole Trocina poses for a portrait in her classroom on Monday, Nov. 4, 2019. Trocina was voted the Forsyth County News' Teacher of the Month for October. - photo by Brian Paglia

20191106_TOTM_1_web — Whitlow Elementary School fifth-grader teacher Nicole Trocina poses for a portrait in her classroom on Monday, Nov. 4, 2019. Trocina was voted the Forsyth County News' Teacher of the Month for October. - photo by Brian Paglia

Nicole Trocina was not a math person growing up. The Forsyth County native struggled to learn the subject as she progressed through Vickery Creek elementary and middle schools.