OKIE FROM MUSKOGEE: Teacher finds home in Muskogee

Oct. 27—After nearly five years in Muskogee, Elvira Smith has made, and remodeled, a home for herself. "I'm Mexi-Okie from Muskogee," Smith said. "I tell my students that. That's how I feel it." Smith came to Muskogee in 2020 to teach Spanish at Muskogee High School. She grew up Elvira Pena Fernandez in Mexico City. She wanted to be a teacher, but the low teacher pay in Mexico steered her to ...