About Me
I am a educator and library media specialist who has taught in all grades K-12, in elementary and Span schools in South Los Angeles. I spent many years as a Spanish Dual Immersion teacher in K-5, aa math and science teacher in 6th grade and I am currently serving as a teacher librarian. Throughout my career, I have worked to develop and apply innovative instructional practices that bridge disciplines, work with families, and partner with community organizations to transform student learning.
My Core Values
- Education is an inherently interpersonal enterprise that depends upon building trust and maintaining relationships
- Emotion is at the heart of cognition
- Education is about teaching learners how to ask good questions rather than giving them answers
- All disciplines are forms of inquiry designed as different ways to understand the world, the self, and the human condition
- Both the sciences and humanities essential studies for all students
- Learners must doubt everything and be in a constant state of evaluation and revision
- Critical, epistemic, media, and social-emotional literacy take precedence over traditional literacies
- Education has the potential to transform individuals, communities and societies
- Teachers are civic agents changed with cultivating civic agency in students, schools, and communities
- The prime goal of education is self-actualization