Welcome Dee. I would say hang in there and put all your focus and might in what you know will get you to where you need to be...Theres a difference between feeling and knowing. My aunt is a teacher as well and man...she tells me all the time it is an exttremely stressful job. But she's so good at what she does. I wonder why you feel the west is calling you. I felt like Oregon was calling me once and then folks told me there's barely any black folks in Oregon. lol. I laughed to myself because at one point I live in the middle of Nowhere, Alaska and there were tons of black people. I just want o be comfortable...You know wha'ts crazy about being black with ambition...you could chase your dream but unfortunately this society still will always view us through a gray lens as a people...even if we're as great as we are. For you...I say keep pushing...get out of life everything that you set out for.