Profiles in Education Equity: Caroline Sanchez Crozier, LULAC
December 03, 2019 by Letisha Marrero For more than 15 years, Caroline Sanchez Crozier has served as the Illinois Education Chair for the League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC), the oldest and largest civil rights…
Why I Teach Where I Teach: To be a Positive Light for Latino Students
October 04, 2019 by Sarahi Monterrey At a young age, I became conscious of issues of equity. My family emigrated in 1981 from El Salvador — a country that was torn apart by a civil war…
Getting To & Through College: Joscelyn Guzman
September 30, 2019 by Gabriela Montell More Latinos are going to college than ever before, but as Joscelyn Guzman, a first-generation Mexican-American learned firsthand, getting there is the first of many hurdles on the road to…
Why I Teach Where I Teach: To Open Up a World of Possibilities
August 05, 2019 by Jennifer R. Wahl In order to get students outside of their comfort zones, they must have role models and teachers who are willing to do the same. Rural America is often starving for…
Why I Teach Where I Teach: To Show That the American Dream is Indeed Possible
August 05, 2019 by Marc Beitia We are each a sum of our life experiences. Opportunities chosen and those passed up. Chances taken, or not. Risks accepted. Fears overcome. And passion found. Thirty years ago, I found…
Why I Teach Where I Teach: Because My Students’ Future is Full of Promise
August 05, 2019 by Robert Hand I teach Family and Consumer Sciences and Leadership at Mount Vernon High School. Mount Vernon, Washington is located in the heart of the Skagit Valley in the northwest part of…
Why I Teach: To Make Black Boy Success Not the Exception But the Expectation
August 05, 2019 by Jessica Duenas Growing up in East New York, when I was still surrounded by the innocence of youth, I had no idea how many odds were systemically stacked against me. My parents…
Why I Teach Where I Teach: To Fulfill a Sense of Community
August 05, 2019 by Kareem Neal For the past 12 years, I have taught students with severe cognitive delays at Maryvale High School in Phoenix. Maryvale is one of the largest high schools in Arizona with…
Profiles in Education Equity: Kyle Strickland, the Kirwan Institute
July 16, 2019 by Letisha Marrero Kyle Strickland is the senior legal analyst at the Kirwan Institute for the Study of Race & Ethnicity. His work focuses on local and national civil rights issues, criminal justice…