Washington is a retired Chicago Public Schools teacher. She taught from 1969 to 1993.
She spent the last 10 years of her career teaching Pre-K at Fort Dearborn Elementary School on Chicago's South Side.
She jumps rope with the 40+ Double Dutch Club in Pullman.
The organization was created to give women a fun outlet to improve physical and mental health.
Her advice on staying active into your 90s is: "pray to God, find an activity you love, and remember to treat others with the love that our civil rights leaders taught us."
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